Think Again: Bob Gates
06.05.2011 at 05:25pm
Think Again: Bob Gates by Benjamin H. Friedman and Justin Logan at Foreign Policy. The authors opine “as the secretary of defense steps down, it’s time to set aside the paeans and reconsider the conventional take on his tenure.” To which the best short response I’ve seen so far was by a member of an email group I belong to: “Character assassination is a game for those in the peanut gallery. I vote for the man in the arena.” Moreover; considering the extreme complexity of the times he served; only time – as in objective serious study, removed from current events, based on information not yet available – will fully do justice to the effectiveness of Robert Gates as our Secretary of Defense. I think history will serve his place well.
