In Praise of Robert Gates’s Testicular Fortitude » Undiplomatic

I found this interesting quote today:

Some advice to my friends in the peace community: you should support Gates’s reforms with everything you have.  It may not be disarmament, it may not end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but it will do a hell of a lot more to change the culture in this country than your utterly useless efforts to create a Department of Peace.  Gates is going to need every ally he can find.In Praise of Robert Gates’s Testicular Fortitude » Undiplomatic, Apr 2009

You may want to post a comment on Mr. Brown's blog and let him know if you agree with the "utterly useless efforts to create a Department of Peace" comment. Reader Ted N. already pointed out that we need a multi-pronged approach to dealing with the entrenched violence-industrial complex.