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Looks like there is a fundamental shift to the way the Army will fight its future wars. I think Robert Gates is forcing the Pentagon to abandon its mindset of fighting Cold War style and Gulf War I style battles and wars and focus more on the COIN operations like the US went through after the Tet offensive when Abrams replaced Westmoreland. But of course, they will go through this shift back to conventional warfare like they did in the mid 70s when US's military forces were termed as a "hollow" force.
Why can't they have two forces: one for conventional warfare and one for COIN?
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