From The L.A. Times:The Pentagon chief says the nation's armed forces need to be better prepared to fight unconventional battles.
Reporting from Washington -- The U.S. military must do more to improve its ability to respond to the low-intensity, irregular fights it is likely to face in the years to come, even if the nation avoids another experience like Iraq or Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said.
Gates wrote in an article released Thursday that the fight against extremism was a "prolonged, worldwide, irregular campaign."
The article, though never mentioning his predecessor by name, criticizes former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld for thinking that U.S. forces could notch a quick and easy victory with the "shock and awe" of its conventional might.
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My Comment: President-elect Obama will have to sign off on this .... will he? .... Sec. Def. Gates clearly thinks so.