"Pentagon Considers Creating Postwar Peacekeeping Forces"
Looks like some people in the Pentagon may be learning a thing or two from from Iraq:
The Pentagon has begun to look seriously at creating military forces that would be dedicated to peacekeeping and reconstruction after future conflicts, defense officials said.
Though it looks like some others still need convincing:
The idea is likely to face stiff resistance in the Army, where many still hold to a mind-set characterized by one civilian Pentagon official as 'We just do combat, and stability ops is a sideline.'
The Pentagon has begun to look seriously at creating military forces that would be dedicated to peacekeeping and reconstruction after future conflicts, defense officials said.
Though it looks like some others still need convincing:
The idea is likely to face stiff resistance in the Army, where many still hold to a mind-set characterized by one civilian Pentagon official as 'We just do combat, and stability ops is a sideline.'
// 11/24/2003 
