some attempts at propaganda and this appears to be one of them. now that the word is out, prachts that they are going to dial that back and not try to attempt this any way. i m sure the president will be asked this question, mick. but you have u.s. forces involved in the air strikes in libya, humanitarian efforts in japan, ongoing efforts in the war in iraq. is this just stretching the military too thin? well, it s a point that secretary gates himself raised a couple of weeks ago when the possibility that the u.s. would get involved in enforcing and establishing a no fly zone over tripoli. he pointed out that we still have american forces deployed in two wars, iraq and particularly afghanistan and did not you know, he was not exactly in favor of this operation if it meant that the u.s. military was going to get bogged down in another long-term conflict in