Review shows dramatic shift in Pentagon's thinking

[Ardent15]

Washington (CNN) -- The Pentagon will no longer shape the U.S. military to fight two major conventional wars at once, but rather prepare for numerous conflicts and not all in the same style, according to a draft of a new strategic outlook the Pentagon is announcing on Monday.

The new mantra for military planners will replace the almost 25-year-old combat planning style of fighting and winning two major conventional wars in two different locations in favor of a fighting force that is capable of protecting U.S. interests around the world from a range of threats, from terrorism to cyber attacks.

The change will be addressed in the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review, a congressionally mandated document that looks at future threats and the military's requirements to mitigate them.

"It is no longer appropriate to speak of major regional conflicts as the sole or even primary template for sizing, shaping or evaluating U.S. forces," according to a draft first obtained by Inside Defense.

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[Cronus Protagonist]

1. It took them until NOW to think of this?

Sheesh!

[Electric Monk]

3. When the only tool you have is a hammer

every problem looks like a nail.

[Lerkfish]

2. am I the only one who finds this a dangerous new thinking process?

it pretty much justifies a blanket hegemonic empirialism used for any and all situations.

of course, I could just be paranoid.

[Electric Monk]

4. Nails, meet hammer.

I probably added myself to some watchlists for posting that :/

[NecklyTyler]

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[Amonester]

5. Rods from space...

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/700oklkt.asp

maybe they'll mark the scriptures on 'em (like they do on guns?)

[bridgit]

6. So..republicans didn't fuck up the world with the "combat planning style" they wanted...

They fucked it up with the "combat planning style" they had? How could rampant, imperialistic Jolly Green Giant-ism have been a good idea on any level with skitish war mongering chicken-hawks mashing all the old out of date soon to be revamped red buttons?

[era veteran]

8. Rumy wouldn't make a pimple on a defense secretary's ass

Stupid, cheap, and arrogant is no way to go to war.