The Meaning of Gates: (Not Bill)

Here is a link to an excellent article by Michael T. Klare with a follow up article By Ivan Eland, Gates & the Iran-Contra Legacy from Consortium News..................Scott


Michael T. Klare | The Meaning of Gates: From Imperial Offense to Imperial
Defense
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111506N.shtml
Michael T. Klare writes: "There are many reasons why President George W. Bush
might have wanted to replace Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with Robert M.
Gates: To distance himself from the current military disaster in Iraq, to make
the adoption of a new Iraqi strategy easier, to prevent further disunity within
the military, or to clear the path for a revival of Republican fortunes in the
2008 elections." He continues, "...on a deeper level, the move can also be read
as signaling a momentous shift in America's global posture - from imperial
offense to imperial defense."