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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 15 > Old war doctrine is challenged

Old war doctrine is challenged

Pentagon rethinks key part to U.S. strategy: that planning for 2 wars at once is enough

By Thom Shanker / The Bulletin
March 15, 2009

WASHINGTON — The protracted wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are forcing the Obama administration to rethink what for more than two decades has been a central premise of U.S. strategy: that the nation need only prepare to fight two major wars at a time.

For more than six years, the United....

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