Robert M. Gates Weary of 'Wars of Choice' - NYTimes.com
“When I took this job, the United States was fighting two very difficult, very costly wars,” [U. S. Secretary of Defense] Gates said. “And it has seemed to me: Let’s get this business wrapped up before we go looking for more opportunities.”
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Even as a trained historian, he said, he has learned most clearly over the last four and a half years that wars “have taken longer and been more costly in lives and treasure” than anticipated.
Maybe he skipped that class.
And by the way, does "defense" really describe what we're doing in Libya and Yemen? Afghanistan? Iraq?
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