General Shinseki

President elect Obama has chosen another member of his cabinet. This time to fill the post of secretary of veteran affairs. He has chosen wisely. He is going to nominated 4 star general Shinseki whom the much disgraced Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz dismissed as being out of touch in fighting wars. General Shinseki rightly called the need of several hundred thousands of troops in Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. He was spot on when he spoke of ethnic and religious tensions which neither Mr. Bush nor his camp followers gave a second thought. With general Shinseki in the cabinet veterans will be given a fair shake...not the pitiful treatment they are getting...remember the scandal at Walter Reed hospital! It is a signal from Mr. Obama that a big broom is sweeping over business as usual in Washington. If anyone had any doubts, the naming of the octagenarian Paul Volker as head of Mr. Obama economic council would have told any thinking person that!