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Mar 24, 2014 03:00 am | Richard L. Russell
With the Russian annexation of Crimea
and the overall rapid deterioration of the world’s international
security situation, it would be reassuring to have that wise Cold War
warrior Robert Gates back in government to give it some desperately
needed wisdom and steely prudence. Gates has given our country so many
years of fine and dedicated service that no one could reasonably ask for
him to give any more. Still, though, one might wish that Gates would
have another go as defense secretary given the desperate state of
affairs at home and abroad.The former secretary of defense says in his superb book Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War that he was amused by the nickname, Yoda, which the bevy of young and inexperienced staffers who occupy President Barack Obama’s National Security Council Staff gave him. “Many influential appointees below the top level in the new administration, especially in the White House, had been undergraduates—or even in high school—when I had been CIA director. No wonder my nickname in the White House soon was Yoda, the ancient Jedi teacher in Star Wars…What they lacked was firsthand knowledge of real-world governing.”[1]
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