“After the Iraq experience, nobody is prepared to have a long slog where it is not apparent we are making headway,” Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said in an interview. “The troops are tired, the American people are pretty tired.” Virginia Mayo / Associated PressGates: US Has One Year To Make Progress In Afghanistan -- Christian Science Monitor
American public won’t tolerate rising death tally for long, says US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. A helicopter crashed Sunday, killing 16 civilians.
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday that US forces in Afghanistan must make progress within a year to head off the public perception that victory is out of reach.
That warning was underscored on Saturday by a fighter jet crash in eastern Afghanistan that pushed the number of US service members killed in July to 50, making it the deadliest month yet in the eight-year old war.
Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Mr. Gates said that the US would not defeat the Taliban within a year, but that victory in Afghanistan was "a long-term prospect."
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Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Mr. Gates said that the US would not defeat the Taliban within a year, but that victory in Afghanistan was "a long-term prospect."
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