Gates: “We cannot kill or capture our way to victory” in the long-term campaign against terrorism
July 16, 2008 6:19 am War on Terror as Misguided MetaphorAnn Scott Tyson, Gates Warns of Militarized Policy - washingtonpost.com, July 16, 2008
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned yesterday against the risk of a “creeping militarization” of U.S. foreign policy, saying the State Department should lead U.S. engagement with other countries, with the military playing a supporting role.
“We cannot kill or capture our way to victory” in the long-term campaign against terrorism, Gates said, arguing that military action should be subordinate to political and economic efforts to undermine extremism.