…with Jones (a figuratively and literally towering figure) as national security adviser, I see the strongest, most credentialed player in that post since Kissinger-the-realized. I don’t see him taking that job only to be as weak a coordinator as Rice and Hadley, meaning it won’t be years until solutions like the Iraq surge are finally allowed to emerge (Seriously, how can you take those two seriously in the post when both expressed such awe at Bush’s intellect? I would never want anyone in that gatekeeper role who held my intellect in awe–just a bad idea.). I would also expect him to work well with Petraeus.
The Dish 