The Army has pretty much stopped listening to the P.M. Barnett's of the World and their grand overarching visions of conflict

and are listening to thinkers like this Kilcullen guy as they accelerate training for Urban Warfare as the battlefield moves to city centers, 9/11, Boston, shopping malls,  Westroad in Nebraska, Kenya, poverty zones, the Favelas in Rio, Damascus, Gang warfare in Chicago. They have learned the lessons of Fallujah, Sadr City, Mexico City, Athens on and on. What's troubling but somewhat reassuring is the blending between the military and law enforcement here and abroad. The equipment that was only available to Special Forces a few years ago is now wanted and sold to Police Departments in American cities. Look at the Exhibitors at the Association of Police Chiefs this week in Philadelphia to see the rapid pace of Law Enforcement Militarization. A lot of the same companies will be at the Association of the US Army next week in DC. Let's face it, it's a medium intensity world war with a rapidly changing Theater.

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