re: #426 avanti

Sorry, I’ve always liked Gates and respect both his judgment and service to country.

I just wanted to add my two cents here - my old Chief served under General McChrystal when he was at the battalion level and says he is the best officer he’s known. This Chief is one of the best officers that I’ve served under, so his endorsement means a lot to me.

I’ll reserve judgment and see how he does in Afghanistan. I’ll admit that the quote has a B.S. factor in it, but also assume that it was cherry-picked out of a wider context.