Globe Editorial
DEFENSE SECRETARY Robert Gates unintentionally caused a spat among NATO allies last week. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, he observed that "most of the European forces, NATO forces" fighting against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan "are not trained in counterinsurgency; they were trained for the Fulda Gap" - the corridor from East to West Germany where NATO ... (Full article: 522 words)
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