The Pentagon recently released its strategy for fighting the war on terror—The National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism—which it says “reflects the lessons of the first four years” of the war and “maps DOD’s way ahead for the next few decades of this long struggle.” The 42-page document has 4.5 pages of glossary to explain terms, among them “alliance” and “consequence management.” It offers eight “strategic assumptions,” including “Violent extremist movements can make new terrorists faster than the anti-terror coalition can capture or kill them.” There are 12 classified annexes.
Control of the skies in Operation Epic Fury is enabling the Pentagon to rely more on satellite- and laser-guided bombs, throttle back on expensive long-range standoff munitions, and move to a new phase of air war, defense officials said on March 4. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen.…