Wars of the QDR

摘要

One year ago this month, Robert M. Gates took a public shot at the Pentagon's venerable two-war strategy. The Defense Secretary told National Public Radio he wondered whether it "makes any sense in the 21st century." The Gates remark looked like a death sentence, but maybe it wasn't.rnTake, for example, the most recent Quadrennial Defense Review, issued on Feb. 1. It reports, "Past defense reviews have called for the nation's armed forces to be able to fight and win two major regional conflicts in overlapping time frames. ...This QDR likewise assumes the need for a robust force capable of protecting US interests against a multiplicity of threats, including two capable nation-state aggressors"[emphasis added].