Secretary Gates: We Cannot Kill Or Capture Our Way To Victory

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http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1620

Secretary Gates: We Cannot Kill Or Capture Our Way To Victory
by: Chris LeJeune
Wed Jul 16, 2008 at 18:12:14 PM EDT

From the Washington Post:

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned yesterday against the risk of a "creeping militarization" of U.S. foreign policy, saying the State Department should lead U.S. engagement with other countries, with the military playing a supporting role.

"We cannot kill or capture our way to victory" in the long-term campaign against terrorism, Gates said, arguing that military action should be subordinate to political and economic efforts to undermine extremism.

So even Secretary Gates believes we should have an open environment of diplomacy and discussion with those who wish to do us harm.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Better to drain the swamp than try to kill all the mosquitoes with

a fly swatter.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. How long before BushCo gives him the axe?

He's marching out of step with the BushReich doctrine.