Gates has been decently anti-war in the respect that he still is against using force against Iran and has repeatedly mentioned how horribly managed this 'war' was. Whether we feel the 'war on terror' and Iraq was a farce or not, we're still there and it's still happening. Obama cannot end something like the 'war on terror' or the Iraq war singlehandedly when
plenty of people feel it's a legitimate war as well as 9/11 being a legitimate attack. Unfortunately, we're a minority in the way America thinks as a whole. I think Obama is trying to change things but not in such a way that it causes more damage than good. Easy does it at this time, especially adding in the economic variables into the mix.
I would have loved for Ron Paul to be my President because I feel
he really represented the change I want to see...but it would be such dramatic and sudden change, it would leave more destruction than peace in it's wake. I find Obama's change to be more suitable to the populace the change is being taken place. I never doubted he would have people like Gates and Clinton by his side during his administration. What's positive is that he's keeping them in places where they are advisers, not the decision makers.
He's either going to take their advice and still enact the policies he beefed up in the campaign, or he'll be the biggest letdown in American Politics. From what I saw from the election day celebration in Grants Park, it's not the latter, and if it is, this guy is the craziest and ballsy SOB I've ever seen...but I've been wrong before, so we'll see.
I guess all I am saying is, have
some faith that he could be a solid President with real integrity. You don't have to, but if not, then propose a way we can make it better ourselves.
