- MENU
- HOME
- SEARCH
- WORLD
- MAIN
- AFRICA
- ASIA
- BALKANS
- EUROPE
- LATIN AMERICA
- MIDDLE EAST
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Benelux
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Korea
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Poland
- Russia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Taiwan
- Turkey
- USA
- BUSINESS
- WEALTH
- STOCKS
- TECH
- HEALTH
- LIFESTYLE
- ENTERTAINMENT
- SPORTS
- RSS
- iHaveNet.com
Robert Gates Reflections Flawed on America's Last 40 Years of War
by Jules Witcover
Former Secretary of Defense
On
Gregory asked: "Does that mean to say that you think
He went on: "Whether it was Korea or
"From
In that litany, however, he seems to have misspoken in including the second war in
Even the successful first Gulf War launched by the senior
Of all the wars involving
But Gates could offer plenty of other evidence elsewhere to argue that presidents and their national security advisers have been much too quick over the last four decades to plunge into foreign military adventures, or misadventures, without sufficient contemplation of an end game short of victory.
Of all the American interventions in that time, a case can be made that only the original U.S. intervention in
Gates, in his book tour of the major television interview shows, talked about nightly sessions at his writing desk, penning letters of condolence letters to the families of the American fallen. Small wonder he is so reflective of America's war history that has followed the Cold War.
For all the criticism in his latest book of Obama and his national security advisers, Gates made a point of saying he ultimately agreed with the major foreign policy decisions made. At the core of that Obama policy is a desire to reduce American military engagements abroad, which have extracted such a painful human cost on the troops and their families over the last four decades, with so little recompense .
Available at Amazon.com: Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War
WORLD | AFRICA | ASIA | EUROPE | LATIN AMERICA | MIDDLE EAST | UNITED STATES | ECONOMICS | EDUCATION | ENVIRONMENT | FOREIGN POLICY | POLITICS
Article: Copyright ©, Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
"Robert Gates Reflections Flawed on America's Last 40 Years of War "