RSSGates: Mistake to set time line for Afghan withdrawal
From: The Washington Times | September 27, 2009
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates is pushing back against liberal calls for withdrawal time lines from Afghanistan, saying it’s a mistake to set a deadline to end U.S. military action and a defeat would be disastrous for the United States. In a stern warning to critics of a continued troop presence in Afghanistan, Mr. Gates said the Islamic extremist Taliban and al Qaeda would perceive an early pullout as a victory over the United States as similar to the Soviet Union’s humiliating withdrawal in 1989 after a 10-year war. “The notion of time lines and exit strategies and so …
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