he was how do you trust somebody that believes in that? you shouldn t. birds of a feather flock together. i have never heard that. with who you associate yourself with. who do you agree with. who are you like-minded with. the military would do well at that point to distrust him. he had distrust of anybody at the command level or not? didn t he ask gates to stay on. you re making a very you re making a very important point. not only did he ask gates to stay on. remember when president obama said he was going to close gitmo? he was going to change the way we fight the war on terror. i wish he had. he got in office and realized, hey, he can t change it. he better keep the infrastructure that george bush put into place or we ll open ourselves up to huge risks. necessity, right?