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Article: War College issues scathing report on war on terrorism Professor calls fight 'unnecessary,' says Army is 'near breaking point'
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- January 12, 2004
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WASHINGTON -- A scathing new report published by the Army War
College broadly criticizes the Bush administration's handling of the
war on terrorism, accusing it of taking a detour into an
"unnecessary" war in Iraq and pursuing an "unrealistic" quest against
terrorism that may lead to U.S. wars with states that pose no serious
threat .
The report, by visiting professor Jeffrey Record, who is on the
faculty of the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., warns
that as a result of those mistakes, the Army is "near the breaking
point." It recommends, among other things, scaling back the scope of
the "global war on terrorism" and focusing on the narrower threat
posed by the al-Qaida ...