U.S.: Mideast resignation doesn’t mean war

March 12, 2008 – 10:28 am

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has dismissed as “ridiculous” any suggestion that the resignation of America’s military chief in the Middle East signals the United States is planning to go to war with Iran.


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