After reading the entire article I'm starting to doubt weather or not this is the man for the job. There are two things going for him though, at least in my mind to date, and that is; He's willing to admit that things aren't going well in Iraq, and, he has already set in motion diplomacy with Syria. We'll see.
IF Robert Gates had any illusions about the scale of violence in Iraq, they were dispelled when he flew into Baghdad last summer.
Gates, who was named US defence secretary last week by President George W Bush, had gone to observe conditions at first hand as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the independent commission co-chaired by James Baker, the former secretary of state. It was a terrifying experience.
Source: New man at the Pentagon puts his hand on Baghdad exit door - Sunday Times - Times Online
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