<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673747533541391425.post1379507806300138529..comments</id><updated>2009-07-02T16:23:56.124+03:00</updated><category term='Arabic'/><category term='Language'/><title type='text'>Comments on Building Peace: Secretary Gates on a Balanced Strategy</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.buildingpeace.net/feeds/1379507806300138529/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1673747533541391425/1379507806300138529/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.buildingpeace.net/2008/12/secretary-gates-on-balanced-strategy.html'/><author><name>Mark Jacobsen</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107999162787819355839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-XtKs1l9ZCXk/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/fKKkqxr3tJo/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673747533541391425.post-102956742241355908</id><published>2009-07-02T16:23:07.594+03:00</published><updated>2009-07-02T16:23:07.594+03:00</updated><title type='text'>I feel the same way.  Sometimes it seems I should ...</title><content type='html'>I feel the same way.  Sometimes it seems I should have a Secretary of Defense Gates poster in my school locker.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s refreshing to have leadership that clearly defines a problem and attacks it despite the popularity cost from the jocks at the lunch table.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He is right for all the right reasons.  Ironically, he may be the Air Force&amp;#39;s last best chance of remaining relevant.  But you don&amp;#39;t hear his praise from the trenches because most people don&amp;#39;t really see the big picture sadly.  Or for other reasons.  So, like you, I fill that void and praise his forward thinking at every chance.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1673747533541391425/1379507806300138529/comments/default/102956742241355908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1673747533541391425/1379507806300138529/comments/default/102956742241355908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.buildingpeace.net/2008/12/secretary-gates-on-balanced-strategy.html?showComment=1246540987594#c102956742241355908' title=''/><author><name>PickYourBattles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16448529287854593110</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.buildingpeace.net/2008/12/secretary-gates-on-balanced-strategy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673747533541391425.post-1379507806300138529' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1673747533541391425/posts/default/1379507806300138529' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1784630123'/></entry></feed>
