Gates seen more likely to stay as Pentagon chief

Remember when political experts at Time, Newsweek, National Review and others wrote that Obama would be forced by conservative & moderate Democrats and Republicans in congress to move to the "center" rather than embrace the "far left". Well it's happening. In today's LA Times an interesting headline: "Antiwar groups fear Obama may create a hawkish Cabinet".

Here are some examples:

1. Obama has already backed off his campaign rhetoric about withdrawing troops within 16 months of being elected. Now he's said he will " meet with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and my national security apparatus* and we will start executing a plan that draws down our troops". No surprise here. The Iraqi government and the US have been negotiating a pact to withdraw US troops from Iraq for several months.
2. *Hillary Clinton is likely to be appointed as Sec'y of State. She's a born again hawk who voted for the invasion of Iraq and never really backed off her support of the war during her campaign for President.
3. Retain Defense Secretary William Gates* (a Bush appointee), also a hawk.
4. Also on the short list for a cabinet post, Sen. John Kerry, a hawk who voted for the war.
5. Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican, a hawk who voted for the war is on the short list for a cabinet post.

Like everyone knows, on the campaign trail, the candidates say whatever will get them elected, but once elected the realities of Washington and the need to work with both sides of the aisle become part of the harsh realities facing any new president.

Political experts have long discussed the truly conservative nature of the American people. Everyone, regardless of party affiliation, wants a secure US free from terrorist threats or attacks, any country unfriendly to America to not have nuclear capability and everyone wants lower taxes, which makes it very difficult to pass sweeping measures that come with high costs such as universal healthcare and immigration reform.
We are in troubling times, but observing how are new commander-in-chief and his cabinet respond to the issues facing our nation will be very exciting. Stay tuned ....

Today on Democracy NOW, there was an examination of Obama's corrupt, imperial, "insiders", some of which were within the Bush criminal regime, some of which are Democratic NEOCONS, or Democratic Zionists, and some which are liberal warhawks like Biden and Hillary.

Obama used demagaugery, false populism, during the Primaries, just like Bush and Hitler used words like "democracy" or "socialism" to hide their corporate fascist policies and class Empires.   Still, during the phony corporate media debates, it was already clear that the class elites were filtering out anti war voices, promoting their imperial and class candidates, like Hillary and OBAMA over KUCINCIH or NADER, who were far better on social positions.

The corporate elites, including the corrupt corporate media, AP included, cheerled illegal wars, and their two corporate parties, and their class ideologies, were complicit in the fascism and police corruption of democracy, the Constitution, and their failure to uphold it by impeaching, prosecuting their war criminals.   All three branches of government have been complicit in this fascist rot, police state laws and now are once again promoting "Centrism" which is a code word for Corporate despotism, imperial agendas, in the same way "Experience" was code word to support the warmongers of Biden and Hillary who supported international law breaking and are war criminals themselves.

Obama has not followed through on his phony populism, instead has surrounded himself with the same NEOCONS, ZIONISTS, imperial liberal warhawks, who supported Bush's criminal policies.   The NEW YORK TIMES and that Zionist, warmongering cheerleader, Ignateus, is whispering into OBAMA'S EAR  to continue to corrupt his cabinet with pro war people.  Rham Emanuel was the first Zionist thuggish example, and the list got even worse.

The two party system, class thugs, warmongers, and phony "Bipartisanship" is another codeword for continuing class Empire, corporate crimes, bail outs and a system that has destroyed families through its militarism or through its slavery, unpaid labor, declining wages, and trickle down supply side Reagainsim and Clintonism that brought us the current Depression. 

The Corporate elites, and the corporate media are to blame for the failure of OBAMA'S presidency of CHANGE WE CANNOT BELIEVE IN.

For those interested in real facts, ideological connections and exposure of the betrayal by these rotten insiders, please click on this link below.   Gates is an imperial insider who should be fired along with all the anonymous NEOCONS, ZIONISTS, WARHAWKS, who are too afraid to show their ugly faces on the fascist imperial policies they are craftin.

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/11/20/agents_of_change_or_hawks_clintonites

Christian Areas:   The corporate media could not define how they arrived at the "center", because it is just a codeword, dogma, for more of the same imperial corporate thugs that ruled under Bush, now under OBAMA, the black face of American Empire.   "Pragmatic" is also a code word for the same class and imperial ideology, and so this is more propaganda.

With two wars and other diplomatic difficulties, it might be wise not to change horses immediatetly in the middle of the stream.  If Gates is an effective manager, which I suspect he is; then he should be able to manage under any administration. Biden and Obama both work on the foreign relations committe.  I'd like to see him stay for continuity!  (msp?)  At least until some decision is made on Afghanistan and troop re-deployments or withdrawal.  As with the economic crisis, none of this will be solvent in four years but maybe by then, we can see some type of drawdown on both fronts.  Well, that's what I think anyway....................