The Secretary of Defense, who seems to have become more loose-lipped/candid since announcing his plan to retire this summer, seems to agree with Tom Friedman’s column today. This Washington Post interview paints him as cynical about the likelihood of a democratic outcome in the middle east.

“I think we should be alert to the fact that outcomes are not predetermined, and that it’s not necessarily the case that everything has a happy ending. . . . We are in dark territory and nobody knows what the outcome will be.”