The Kossacks aren’t happy that Obama may keep Gates as Secretary of Defense.
More fuel for the belief that even Democrats think Democrats are weak on defense and only Republicans can serve as Secretary of Defense.
Obama may be considering steering a center-left foreign policy, as opposed to an extremely Left one. Another hint: his choice of Gen. Jim Jones for National Security Adviser.
We’ll have to see how this goes, but at least there is a small ray of hope here and there that the president-elect isn’t completely a captive of the loony Left. What remains to be seen is if he understands the connection between national defense and a strong military that isn’t gutted to pay for social programs. And, of course, we don’t know yet how he’ll handle himself in a crisis or challenge; unfortunately, his reflex seems to be inappropriate moral equivalence, at least when on the campaign trail. But maybe he’ll “grow in office”.
Pray that he does.