Robert Gates actually said...

I believe that the civilian casualties are doing us enormous harm in Afghanistan, and we have to do better in terms of avoiding casualties.

My worry is that the Afghans come to see us as part of their problem rather than part of their solution, and then we are lost.

If the review of individual detainees and the Special Task Force conclude that some detainees should be tried by military commissions becaus...

Above all, there must be an Afghan face on this war.