President Bush's Third Term

That's how Don Surber sees the Obama security team:

George W. Obama
Or it can be called a national security Team of Grown-Ups.

The appointments officially announced today by President Obama pretty much confirm how he may operate: Run left in the primaries, run center in the general, run right after election.

Let us review this national security team.

Robert Gates remains as defense secretary with a new mission to “responsibly ending the war in Iraq through a successful transition to Iraqi control.”

Unlike his old mission to “responsibly ending the war in Iraq through a successful transition to Iraqi control.” Which seems pretty much a fait accompli, what with Iraq agreeing to end the occupation in 36 months — twice the 16 months that Obama campaigned on.

Hillary Clinton, tested under fire in Bosnia (/snark), becomes the first elected official since Ed Muskie to take over as secretary of state. She voted from the war in Iraq. I am wondering how the Left is rationalizing this. But not really wondering enough to check out their blogs and see.

She seems more of a hawk than her hubby was.

Finally, his national security adviser will be Marine Gen. James Jones. Practical Very practical.

Not a Cyrus Vance in the bunch.

This has got to be driving the hard left absolutely crazy. They were counting on a cut-and-run and they got a continuation of the Bush doctrine instead.