Reuters: In Gulf meet, Gates warns U.S. opponents: Don't test Obama
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Title:Gates is the wrong guy for a reformist..
Name:Ben Lollo
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There is a schysophrenia in Obama`s choice for personel to head various dept.
If he claims that he`s going to be a President for new Dawn, new prespectives, new priorities, inward and outward, then there are signs that go to different directions: Plus c`a change plus c`est la meme chose. By calling on the Clinton and Bush people, I don`t see how Obma is showing a new departure?
Gates is still fighting the old Bush (W) agenda.
The new opponents of Obama`s Presidency, USA, are not the same as Jimmy Carter`s. The setting up of ground work by Europe and Russia, signs that are quite obvious to the observer, and the Sarkozy`s statements and deeds, are already creating an unease in some chancelleries.
Sarkozy as current President of EU, is calling for different relationship in a more assertive, economically and diplomatically, different attitude than Obama`s USA.
Its going to be term of interrest and a changing world.
The personality are also involved, and the panorama of a struggling