Robert Gates Takes Oath Of Office

Hat tip to Hot Air, here's the video of Robert Gates being sworn in as Secretary of Defense:

Libs Can't Have It Both Ways

Talk about wanting your cake and eating it too, reports AP:

Gates would be expected to do what the outgoing secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, could not: Figure out how to bring home substantial numbers of troops from Iraq in short order, without surrendering the country to a new insurgency or triggering all-out civil war.

So, is this the new liberal mantra? Withdraw our troops in substantial numbers while not causing instability in Iraq!!! Not only is that not as catchy as "cut and run" (oh wait, I don't think that's what they call it...) but it's also quite a tall order. That would be like me saying "Put a Democrat in office, but don't let him molest women in the Oval Office" or "I support welfare programs but not causing laziness and dependency on the state." You can't have your cake and eat it too.