Iraq chaos will hurt Middle East before U.S.-Gates

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

CAIRO, April 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Middle Eastern states on Wednesday to help stabilise Iraq, warning them that chaos in the country would harm the region well before it hurts the United States.

Speaking at an American Chamber of Commerce event in Cairo, Gates said countries should set aside disputes over the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein.

"Whatever disagreements we might have had over how we got to this point in Iraq, the consequences of a failed state in Iraq, of chaos there, will adversely impact the security and prosperity of every nation in the Middle East and the Gulf region," he said.

"There may be some who, over resentment or disagreements over what happened in the past, might be cheering for failure. I would respectfully suggest that these sentiments are dangerously short-sighted and self-destructive," Gates added.

"The first and secondary effects of a collapse in Iraq -- with all of its economic, religious, security and geopolitical implications -- will be felt in capitals and communities of the Middle East well before they are felt in Washington and in New York."

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I think they are witnessing it already :eyes:

[Rose Siding]

1. You'll live with crappy US policy and like it, by gum!

Because it's going to hurt you more than it's going to hurt us....?

How sick must the world be of putting up with such hubris?

[LynnTheDem]

2. Fact is, it's already hurt the US, Gates.

It hurt the US irreparably the minute America launched an illegal "supreme crime" war of aggression against a nation that hadn't been doing anything to anyone.

[rodeodance]

3. so alquide types will go the ME before coming the the streets of america?