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奥巴马处理阿富汗战争的方式遭抨击 Former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has strongly criticised President Barack Obamas handling of the war in Afghanistan, US media have reported. 美国前国防部长罗伯特·盖茨猛烈抨击美国总统奥巴马处理阿富汗战争的方式。 ? In Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary of War, Mr Gates says that the president was sceptical（怀疑的） that his administrations Afghan strategy would succeed. ? I never doubted [his] support for the troops, only his support for their mission, Mr Gates is quoted as saying. ?Mr Gates was Pentagon chief under Presidents Obama and George Bush. He was the first Pentagon head to serve presidents of different parties before leaving political office in 2011. ?Although he describes Mr Obama as a man of personal integrity who was right in his decisions regarding Afghanistan, he says that the president was uncomfortable with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan which he inherited from the Bush administration. ? He also says Mr Obama was distrustful of the military that was providing him options. ? He is quoted by newspapers as saying in the memoir that in March 2011 he did not trust Gen David Petraeus - the US military commander in Afghanistan in 2010-11 - and could not stand Afghan President Hamid Karzai. ? The president doesnt consider the war to e his, Mr Gates writes of a March 2011 meeting in the White House. For him, its all about getting out. ? The Washington Post says that the memoir is in contrast to his subdued, even-keeled public demeanour（行为） as Pentagon chief, and that Mr Gates strikes an often bitter tone in his memoir. ? It and other newspapers quote the former defence secretary voicing frustration in the memoir at the controlling nature of Mr Obamas White House, which he says constantly interfered in Pentagon affairs, even though civilian aides lacked knowledge of military operations. ? The White House national security staff took micromanagement and operational meddling to a new level, he writes, comparing their approach to that of the Nixon era of the 1970s. ? All too ea