19-01-2010, 08:33 AM
Mr Gates told reporters on a flight to India there would be a security element to US relief efforts, but added: "I haven't heard of us playing a policing role at any point."
Asked about rules of engagement, he said "as anywhere we deploy our troops, they have the authority and the right to defend themselves."
.....and American 'interests'....[my addition]
Asked about rules of engagement, he said "as anywhere we deploy our troops, they have the authority and the right to defend themselves."
.....and American 'interests'....[my addition]
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"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass