Priceless quote from Gates to illustrate DC sentiment on Afghanistan
This quote is a bit old, but in another sense, positively timeless to understand what shockingly passes for "cross cultural understanding" far far too often in this city.
It's Secretary Gates testifying for the Senate Armed Services Committee on January 27, 2009:
"So one of the things that I've been focused on, in addition to trying to see what more we could do to reduce civilian casualties, is: How do we get more of an Afghan face on every single one of our operations? How do we get them out in front so that the villagers see that it's their army that we're helping? It's not us kicking down their door; it's an Afghan who's kicking down their door to try and find a bad guy."
Funny, I thought it was one of those universally held values that people didn't like ANYONE kicking down their doors....
It's Secretary Gates testifying for the Senate Armed Services Committee on January 27, 2009:
"So one of the things that I've been focused on, in addition to trying to see what more we could do to reduce civilian casualties, is: How do we get more of an Afghan face on every single one of our operations? How do we get them out in front so that the villagers see that it's their army that we're helping? It's not us kicking down their door; it's an Afghan who's kicking down their door to try and find a bad guy."
Funny, I thought it was one of those universally held values that people didn't like ANYONE kicking down their doors....
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