Serving a Nation at War

Abstract

President Bush told us that this would be unlike any other in our Nation's history. He was right. After our initial expeditionary responses and successful major combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, those operations have become protracted campaigns where we are providing the conditions of security needed to wage a conflict -- a war of ideas. This is not simply a fight against terror -- terror is a tactic. This is not simply a fight against Al Qaeda, its affiliates and affiliates -- they are foot soldiers. This is not simply a fight to bring democracy to the Middle East -- that is a strategic objective. This is a fight for the very ideas at the foundation of our society, the way of life those ideas enable, and the freedoms we enjoy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA457346

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Afghanistan
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Combat Operations
  • Contracts
  • Democracy
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Middle East
  • Monitoring
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Strategic Communications

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.