Obama decides to keep necon warmonger Gates as SecDef

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Sources tell ABC News that Defense Secretary Robert Gates will be staying on in the top Pentagon job, for at least the first year of the Obama administration. "It is a done deal," a source close to the process tells ABC News.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/20...-a-done-de.html

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gates is a shrill for the war

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Damn - and I was hoping for the second coming of Rumsfeld

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or at least, cheney back at the defense helm

[chri'stina 190]

Obama is a warmonger!

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Obama is a warmonger!

With this pick and the rumored "I'll obliterate Iran" Hillary pick for SecState, it sure seems so.

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or at least, cheney back at the defense helm

That would be so cool. Obama could be accused of being nepotic (hiring a family member).

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Obama is a warmonger!

Is that like a fishmonger?

[alienlovechild 75]

No surprise as Afghanistan has been ignored for most of the campaign except as a place for Obama to rattle his saber and renew the hunt for Bin Laden.

[chri'stina 190]

Obama is a warmonger!

Is that like a fishmonger?

exactly like one!

Obama is a warmonger!

With this pick and the rumored "I'll obliterate Iran" Hillary pick for SecState, it sure seems so.

You're silly.

Are you completely anti-war? Doubt it.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I'd like to see Obama pick Bill Gates for Defense Secretary

Alas it is not to be -

Edited November 25, 2008 by Paul Daniels

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No surprise as Afghanistan has been ignored for most of the campaign except as a place for Obama to rattle his saber and renew the hunt for Bin Laden.

Which has always been a joke. If this government was EVER serious about him they'd have got him already.

The only thing that's apparent is Osama bin Laden is some sort of carrot to dangle above our heads to remind us of "terrorism" to justify excessive DOD spending on making bombs and being in a state of perpetual war.

And if one didn't guess why I didn't vote for Obama, this is why -- business as usual.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Obama is a warmonger!

Is that like a fishmonger?

exactly like one!

Obama is a warmonger!

With this pick and the rumored "I'll obliterate Iran" Hillary pick for SecState, it sure seems so.

You're silly.

Are you completely anti-war? Doubt it.

I am. Can I still play???

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

No surprise as Afghanistan has been ignored for most of the campaign except as a place for Obama to rattle his saber and renew the hunt for Bin Laden.

Which has always been a joke. If this government was EVER serious about him they'd have got him already.

The only thing that's apparent is Osama bin Laden is some sort of carrot to dangle above our heads to remind us of "terrorism" to justify excessive DOD spending on making bombs and being in a state of perpetual war.

And if one didn't guess why I didn't vote for Obama, this is why -- business as usual.

Yeah... when Bush said "I'm really not concerned about him" it was obvious what was going on. 9/11 was exploited for the purposes of presenting unilateral war as legitimate "defense".

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Obama is a warmonger!

Is that like a fishmonger?

exactly like one!

Obama is a warmonger!

With this pick and the rumored "I'll obliterate Iran" Hillary pick for SecState, it sure seems so.

You're silly.

Are you completely anti-war? Doubt it.

I am. Can I still play???

Of course I'm not completely anti war.