RSSGates: Afghan exit timeline ‘a mistake’
From: The Washington Times | September 28, 2009
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates said it would be a “strategic mistake” to set a deadline to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, saying such a move would emboldened al Qaeda terrorist operations. His comments are a blow to liberals and some Democrats, including Sens. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Dianne Feinstein of California, who have been pushing for a schedule to wind down U.S. military activity in Afghanistan. “The Taliban and al Qaeda, as far as they’re concerned, defeated one superpower,” said Mr. Gates on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday, referring to the 1980s U.S.-backed Muslim insurgency against …
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