Robert Gates actually said...

the violence that we have seen has really been al-Qaeda in Iraq violence aimed at promoting or provoking sectarian conflict.

Gates explains that recent violence in Iraq is driven by al-Qaeda's attempts to incite sectarian strife.

06/15/2010

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the fact that we are a nation at war . . . calls for sustaining the current military force structure

The fact that we are a nation at war calls for sustaining the current military force structure.

that's exactly right.