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weisbrot [OP]

2004-01-14 02:36 | User Profile

[url]http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pubs/2003/bounding/bounding.htm[/url]

Bounding the Global War on Terrorism

Dr. Jeffrey Record

December 2003

The views expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.

SUMMARY

The author examines three features of the war on terrorism as currently defined and conducted: (1) the administration's postulation of the terrorist threat, (2) the scope and feasibility of U.S. war aims, and (3) the war's political, fiscal, and military sustainability. He believes that the war on terrorism--as opposed to the campaign against al-Qaeda--lacks strategic clarity, embraces unrealistic objectives, and may not be sustainable over the long haul. He calls for downsizing the scope of the war on terrorism to reflect concrete U.S. security interests and the limits of American military power.

To view the complete study in an Adobe Acrobat format, click

[URL=http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pubs/2003/bounding/bounding.pdf]HERE[/URL]

edward gibbon

2004-01-14 23:58 | User Profile

[QUOTE=weisbrot][url]http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pubs/2003/bounding/bounding.htm[/url] Bounding the Global War on Terrorism

Dr. Jeffrey Record

December 2003

SUMMARY

The author examines three features of the war on terrorism as currently defined and conducted: (1) the administration's postulation of the terrorist threat, (2) the scope and feasibility of U.S. war aims, and (3) the war's political, fiscal, and military sustainability. He believes that the war on terrorism--as opposed to the campaign against al-Qaeda--lacks strategic clarity, embraces unrealistic objectives, and may not be sustainable over the long haul. He calls for downsizing the scope of the war on terrorism to reflect concrete U.S. security interests and the limits of American military power.

To view the complete study in an Adobe Acrobat format, click

[URL=http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pubs/2003/bounding/bounding.pdf]HERE[/URL][/QUOTE][COLOR=Red]This article should be read and readily available[/COLOR]. This is a deserved bump. Can anyone make the PDF format more accessible to people such as myself?

Leveller

2004-01-15 11:59 | User Profile

Edward,

Here's the report converted to html: [url]http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:h2qtVRe4e3QJ:www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pubs/2003/bounding/bounding.pdf+&hl=en&start=1&ie=UTF-8[/url]

(You can view any pdf file as html by typing its web address into google.)

If you can't read pdfs because you haven't got the reader, you can download one here: [url]http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html[/url]

edward gibbon

2004-01-15 18:17 | User Profile

[QUOTE=Leveller]Edward,

Here's the report converted to html: [url]http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:h2qtVRe4e3QJ:www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pubs/2003/bounding/bounding.pdf+&hl=en&start=1&ie=UTF-8[/url]

(You can view any pdf file as html by typing its web address into google.)

If you can't read pdfs because you haven't got the reader, you can download one here: [url]http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html[/url][/QUOTE]I greatly appreciate your reply. Thanks!!