TO DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES

[Administrator]

For his intellectual assessment of the war in Iraq that underscores the subtleties and complexities of this war. Describing it as four wars, Gates said: "One is Shi'a on Shi'a, principally in the south; the second is a sectarian conflict, principally in Baghdad, but not solely; third is the insurgency; and fourth is al-Qaida."

http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2007/03/2610768