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January 17th, 2006  
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Originally Posted by LeEnfield 2
Most of these books are based on what is regarded as proper wars, in which I mean you have a known enemy, a known objective and once you had defeated the enemy the war was over and every thing went back to normal. Since the end of WW2 there have been countless battles with terrorist, you don't have a known enemy, you can't conquerer his territory as he does not have any, they don't wear any uniform and after attacking you will they will just blend in with the local population. Which leaves some one fighting a very long and bloody war with no end in sight. does this remind you of any thing.
Which is why I posed the question I did. HOW do we retool the military to cope with the changing face of warfare, or more aptly called conflict.
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