Robert Gates: “My worry is that the Afghans come to see us as part of their problem…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2009

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.

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Gates warns about the risk of Afghan perceptions turning against U.S. involvement.

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