Sec Def Robert Gates: OBL Death is Game Changer in Afghanistan
- Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:43pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the killing of Osama bin Laden could be game-changer for the U.S. military in Afghanistan by splitting the native Taliban from the al-Qaeda terror network.
Gates took questions for about 35 minutes Friday from about 300 airmen at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina.
Gates says many Taliban feel betrayed by al-Qaeda whose attack on Sept. 11, 2001, led to the U.S. invasion that drove the Taliban from power in Afghanistan.
The 67-year-old Gates is on his way out as defense secretary. The former CIA director under President George H.W. Bush became President George W. Bush’s defense secretary in December 2006. He stayed at the Pentagon under President Barack Obama and is due to leave the position June 30.
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 4:59pmYep! We just gave them the greatest Martyr ever, and the recruiting frenzy to go with it. We turned the Arabian sea into a Martyr’s memorial.
Report Post »The repercussions, especially at a time that ‘pullout’ is being linked to it will prove as prophetic as the objections to obama’s appeasement policies and promises of a timely pullout.
And no one will remember how we got there! It too will be blamed on the innocent..
walkwithme1966
Posted on May 7, 2011 at 3:05amI agree 100 percent with Sec. Gates – I think we are going to see big changes in the war from here on out. Its time we start bring our guys home as quickly as we can! http://wp.me/pYLB7-X7
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