Yet at the recent NATO summit in Budapest, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates called on NATO members to provide more troops for missions in Afghanistan. He accused the British of being “defeatist” and argued that Afghanistan’s deteriorating security situation could be addressed with an Iraq-style “surge,” which has undoubtedly brought down violence levels in that country.
然而最近在布达佩斯召开的北约峰会上，美国国防部长盖茨呼吁北约成员国向阿富汗增派更多的部队。他指责英国是“失败主义者”，指出阿富汗恶化的安全形势是可以通过伊拉克式的“大量增兵”来解决的，在伊拉克的增兵行动无疑大大降低了该国的暴力活动水平。美国已经承诺明年再增兵8000人。