About damn time.
Pentagon to raise importance of 'stability' efforts in war.
So the military has finally caught on that once you destroy everything in sight with "overwhelming force", you have to put the country back together again. Wow, I'm impressed. < /end sarcasm >
For just one telling example of how the Pentagon's shortsightedness has affected our troops as well as the chances of actually accomplishing something in Iraq, I'd suggest reading the story of Colonel Nathan Sassaman. The article also raises some serious questions about what should and shouldn't be permissible in war that trying to address in simplistic black-and-white terms will never solve.
So the military has finally caught on that once you destroy everything in sight with "overwhelming force", you have to put the country back together again. Wow, I'm impressed. < /end sarcasm >
For just one telling example of how the Pentagon's shortsightedness has affected our troops as well as the chances of actually accomplishing something in Iraq, I'd suggest reading the story of Colonel Nathan Sassaman. The article also raises some serious questions about what should and shouldn't be permissible in war that trying to address in simplistic black-and-white terms will never solve.