and speaking of Vulcans, Doug Feith says we're all wrong about Rumsfeld... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/10/AR2006111001388.html
On 11/13/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gates and the neocons > > IN THE Washington Post James Mann, the author who chronicled the rise > of the neoconservative movement, has an interesting take on the > nomination of Robert Gates as defence secretary. He says Mr Gates may > not prove to be the realist counterweight to the neoconservatives that > many expect. He recounts a debate within the first Bush administration > over how to deal with Mikhail Gorbachev: > > The administration was divided. James Baker, the secretary of > state, wanted to test out Gorbachev. The anti-Gorbachev hawks were led > by Robert M. Gates, the deputy national security adviser. Gates's > principal ally was then-Defense Secretary Dick Cheney. > > Baker vs. Gates/Cheney: That alignment should serve as a warning > to those who view Wednesday's appointment...as representing the > triumph of Bush the Father's administration over Bush the Son's. Any > such analysis is far too simplistic. Gates's nomination unquestionably > stands for one proposition: a long-awaited recognition that the > administration's war in Iraq has been a disaster. But the broader > interpretation of the appointment as representing a victory of Bush 41 > over Bush 43 -- or of one school of thought over another -- breaks > down when you look at Gates's background and the history of the 1980s > and early '90s. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220561 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
