There will be a lot of handwringing inside and outside media circles about the new Pentagon rules will make the missions of both the military and the media more difficult. But the truth is little will change. Meanwhile the whole episode serves as reminder to both sides of the military/media divide just where their loyalties should lie.
If you needed any clue to Gates’ propensity to jettison subpar performers regardless of prior success you need look no further than his tenure as President of Texas A&M University, where one of his first acts was to fire the winnings football coach in Aggie history. Gates would later joke privately that during his time at the CIA he’d overthrown governments of small countries with less blowback.
Will Arctic be next “Cold War” conflict?
Every summer the polar ice pack gets smaller. It’s opening on new shipping lanes, and fanning tensions between the U.S. and Russia.
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