New approach for US army manual

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Source: BBC News

Last Updated: Friday, 8 February 2008, 21:49 GMT

New approach for US army manual
By Kim Ghattas
BBC News, Washington

The US army has drafted a new manual which for the first time
puts an equal emphasis on winning hearts and minds as it does
on defeating enemies by force.

The manual is expected to be published later this month.

The new guide is seen as a major development that draws on
lessons of the wars being fought by US troops in Afghanistan
and Iraq.

Initial military successes there have given way to long struggles,
with insurgents in both countries.

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7236054.stm

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1. Hey I read a new book by Sun Tzu. It made a lot of sense maybe we could try some of the ideas

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2. The duh award should be given to whoever came up with this idea. It's

pretty obvious that we are where we are because we did what we did.