“The man who has held three key appointments in past administrations — secretary of state, White House chief of staff, and NATO supreme commander – said Monday Syria, not Iraq, should be the next target in the war against terrorism.”
‘This doesn’t mean that Iraq isn’t a more venal threat … There’s a great deal of culpability in Iraq for the past 10 years, but not necessarily as a branch of Global Terror, Inc.,’ he said.
‘Syria,’ Haig made clear, ‘is a terrorist state by any definition and is so classified by the State Department. I happen to think Iran is, too.’
Haig also hinted that he believes the U.S. is fielding insufficient ground forces in Afghanistan — the product of a manpower shortage he attributes to the Clinton administration’s military policies.
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