"Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned yesterday against the risk of a "creeping militarization" of U.S. foreign policy, saying the State Department should lead U.S. engagement with other countries, with the military playing a supporting role.  "We cannot kill or capture our way to victory" in the long-term campaign against terrorism, Gates said, arguing that military action should be subordinate to political and economic efforts to undermine extremism."

Wow... This type of talk certainly doesn't sound like Bush 2.0 and Darth Cheney... did Gates stop drinking the Kool-aid?  It certainly seems so when he then went on to say this:

"America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long -- relative to what we traditionally spend on the military, and more importantly, relative to the responsibilities and challenges our nation has around the world," Gates said at a dinner organized by the U.S. Global Leadership Campaign...

Glad to see a grown up finally at the table willing to speak his mind.  But I imagine it's just a matter of time before Darth Cheney brings him back to the dark side...