Gates gets it

From the LATimes:

In a pointed admonition to Pentagon planners, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today that the U.S. military was afflicted with "next-war-itis" and must concentrate more on winning in Iraq and less on future conflicts that might never happen.

Gates said that since he took office his priority had been to "concentrate the minds" of the defense establishment on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"I have noticed too much of a tendency towards what might be called 'next-war-itis,' the propensity of much of the defense establishment to be in favor of what might be needed in future conflicts," Gates said.