Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Gates: US war on Syria like 'throwing gasoline on fire in Middle East'

Gates: US war on Syria like 'throwing gasoline on fire in Middle East'





Former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says a US military strike against Syria would be like "throwing gasoline on an extremely complex fire in the Middle East."

Gates, who was speaking at a forum in Dallas on Tuesday, also hinted that Washington’s past military interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya showed that military action can lead to unintended consequences.

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