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War College Study Criticizes War on Terror

HeadlineJan 12, 2004

A new report from the U.S. Army War College is calling for the Bush administration to greatly scale back the scope of its so-called war on terror because the Army is near a breaking point. According to the Washington Post, the study likens the scale of U.S. ambitions in the war on terrorism to Adolf Hitler’s overreach in World War II. The report reads “A cardinal rule of strategy is to keep your enemies to a manageable number. The Germans were defeated in two world wars … because their strategic ends outran their available means.” The report charges the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary since Saddam Hussein did not pose an immediate threat. The director of the War College said the report does not necessarily represent the views of the Army or the Pentagon but he said “The article really, really needs to be considered.”

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