Rumsfeld's QDR Report for "The Long War" released today

[katinmn]

These 113 pages should chill you to the bone. We are now in a period of never ending war engineered by mad men. We have to stop this madness.

http://www.comw.org/qdr/

FIGHTING THE LONG WAR...Page 9
This war will not be like the war against Iraq a
decade ago, with a decisive liberation of territory
and a swift conclusion. It will not look like the
air war above Kosovo…Our response involves far
more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes.
Americans should not expect one battle, but a
lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have ever
seen. It may include dramatic strikes, visible on TV,
and covert operations, secret even in success. We will
starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against
another, drive them from place to place, until there
is no refuge and no rest.
President Bush, September 20, 2001

Since 2001 the U.S. military has been
continuously at war, but fighting a conflict that
is markedly different from wars of the past.
The enemies we face are not nation-states but
rather dispersed non-state networks. In many
cases, actions must occur on many continents in
countries with which the United States is not at
war. Unlike the image many have of war, this
struggle cannot be won by military force alone,
or even principally. And it is a struggle that may
last for some years to come.
On any given day, nearly 350,000 men and
women of the U.S. Armed Forces are deployed
or stationed in approximately 130 countries.
They are battle-hardened from operations over
the past four years, fighting the enemies of
freedom as part of this long war. They maintain
the Nation’s treaty obligations and international
commitments. They protect and advance U.S.
interests and values. They are often asked to be....

I don't want your fucking Long War you evil bastard!

[Flabbergasted]

1. "I'm squeezing your country. Squeeze..."