You assume that I am a Republican, but in all actuality I lean much more toward Libertarian. So that you don't get confused, here is a brief synopsis of differences. And are you saying that Leon Panetta is the ex Vietnam vet, or the next successor "Hagel"? Hagel is a shady and very controversial person who was the hand picked choice by King Barack Hussein Obama, and he is really going to fuck things up.....trust me. And until we get a President in the Whitehouse who is not affiliated with either party, this country will continue to rot. "Liberals favor government action to promote equality, whereas conservatives favor government action to promote order. Libertarians favor freedom and oppose government action to promote either equality or order".