October 1, 2010

Robert Gates: ‘We’re Not Ever Leaving’ Afghanistan

In a shocking indication of a split between the White House and the Pentagon over the war in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates believes that the U.S. military will never leave the war-torn country.

During a dinner hosted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for Afghan President Hamid Karzai in May, Gates reminded the group that he still feels guilty for his role in the first President Bush’s decision to pull out of Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal in 1989, according to Bob Woodward’s new book, “Obama’s Wars.”

And to express his commitment to not letting down the country again, he emphasized:
“We’re not leaving Afghanistan prematurely,” Gates finally said. “In fact, we’re not ever leaving at all."

Either paid provocateurs, or some really lost, pathetically clueless people.

20 comments:

  1. that guy has an awesome sense of responsibility.

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  2. i wouldnt be surprised too..
    that sucks..

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  3. Or people who think that throwing ourselves into other peoples business is the direct CAUSE of all the shit we have to to through...

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  4. quite a statement indeed. supporting bro

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  5. Good sense of duty I give him that. Don't think sitting in another country is all that great of an idea though.

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  6. I'm not surprised there is still such a divide. It kind of shocks me that our own government is divided over it though. You would think we would want to project an image of unity, and that has to start at the top.

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  7. sigh... can we just have a big redo on this whole Afghanistan thing

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  8. Terrible, thanks for sharing though, sometimes I hate to, but I always visit your site haha

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  9. gee, the soviet union collapsed after a quagmire in afghanistan, so we decided to go in and fail some more where they left off...

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  10. is that picture some sort of troll move?

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  11. by the looks of it neither is canada...first 2011, now 2014

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