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July 13, 2007
The army we had, and the one we now have
Thomas P.M. Barnett, strategist at the Oak Ridge Center for Advanced Studies and the senior managing director of Enterra Solutions LLC, describes a dispute within the Pentagon between big-war and small-war factions.
This intra-military debate should focus America's attention on the real question at hand: Do we see a future world full of messy Iraqs and Somalias and Haitis? Or should we pull back from that long war focus and prepare for conventional conflict with China? Given the course of events since 9/11, which pathway seems more realistic to you?
Via Real Clear Politics.
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