Gates Downplays Iran War Talk

[unhappycamper]

Gates Downplays Iran War Talk
April 22, 2008
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he believes Iran is "hell bent" on acquiring nuclear weapons, but he warned in strong terms of the consequences of going to war over that.

"Another war in the Middle East is the last thing we need and, in fact, I believe it would be disastrous on a number of levels," he said in a speech he was delivering Monday evening at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

A copy of his prepared remarks was provided in advance by the Pentagon.

He said he favors keeping the military option against Iran on the table, "given the destabilizing policies of the regime and the risks inherent in a future Iranian nuclear threat - either directly or through proliferation."

Gates also said that if the war in Iraq is not finished on favorable terms the consequences could be dire.


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uhc comment: That's about the same thing Henry Kissinger said 35 years ago.

[DrDan]

1. had a D made these comments - Faux news would have been all a-flitter

over passing troop capabilities to the enemy.

It is so obvious what gates is referring to.