Robert Gates: Military Action In Syria Would Be A ‘Mistake’

[Purveyor]

Former US defense secretary Robert Gates warned Sunday that deepening US military involvement in Syria’s civil war would be a “mistake,” warning the outcome would be unpredictable and messy.

In an interview with CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Gates also said he saw “no good outcomes” in dealing with Iran’s nuclear program and warned that a full US withdrawal from Afghanistan would be “a disastrous mistake.”

Gates’ comments on Syria come amid debate in Washington over whether to step up military support for rebels fighting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, even as the administration attempts a new peace initiative with Russia.

“I thought it was a mistake in Libya, and I think it is a mistake in Syria, even if we had intervened more significantly in Syria a year ago or six months ago. We overestimate our ability to determine outcomes.

“Caution, particularly in terms of arming these groups and in terms of US military involvement, is in order,” he said.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/12/robert-gates-military-action-in-syria-would-be-a-mistake/

[moondust]

1. "We overestimate our ability to determine outcomes."

"We overestimate our ability to determine outcomes."
"We overestimate our ability to determine outcomes."
"We overestimate our ability to determine outcomes."
"We overestimate our ability to determine outcomes."
"We overestimate our ability to determine outcomes."

Does the MIC and their salesmen in Congress really care about outcomes or just sales?

[bemildred]

2. Thank you Mr. Gates.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Not to mention stupid.