Robert Gates: Crazy or Cold-Hearted?

Hans von Sponeck, former UN Human Rights Coordinator and deputy UN Assistant General Secretary responsible for the Iraq Oil for Food Program, said last weekend at the Munich Peace Conference: “You have to be either crazy or cold-hearted to see Iraq as a success.”

According to this article in Germany’s Neues Deutschland, Robert Gates should be heeding these words, especially in light of his visit recent surprise visit to Baghdad to congratulate the troops…

Apparently,

Human Rights Watch has just released a report where it was charged that the human rights situation has deteriorated in part due to the actions of US troops.

Perhaps worse still,

The supposed progress in Iraq will also be used as a pretext for redeploying military forces in the direction of southern Afghanistan. There, even the step-up in attacks attributed to al-Qaeda is explained as a sign of desperation for the terror network, as its macabre death throes.

Is there a pattern?

Read the German article in English translation on WATCHING AMERICA.com