Posted on 09/08/2009 2:38:16 PM PDT by ksm1
Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, says bringing peace and security to Afghanistan and Iraq represents a major challenge, but one that the US is committed to achieving.
In a wide-ranging interview with Al Jazeera's Abderrahim Foukara, Gates spoke about: the US strategy for peace in Afghanistan facing a "war of necessity", the divide between two wars, fighting al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Iraq, Pakistan's role in the region, the "threat" of a nuclear Iran, maintaining allies in the Middle East, and US ties with Latin America.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.aljazeera.net ...
I was just thinking, you know something is wrong with our media when we can get better war coverage from Al Jazeera of all places (are you kidding me?!) than any of our networks.
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