Afghanistan a Model for Future Crises: NATO

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Source: CBC News/AP

Afghanistan will serve as a prototype for future civil-military co-operation in handling crises in other weak or failing nations, says NATO's chief.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the organization's secretary general, said the military no longer provides "the complete answer" for complex conflicts such as Afghanistan. Instead, it needs the support of international development organizations and non-governmental organizations to provide the "soft power" needed to prevail in such crises.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/04/afghanistan-model-nato.html?ref=rss#ixzz0hEGsW7HZ

[HeresyLives]

1. War doesn't work in the 21st century.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Sounds like another version of "Picking up the white man's burden".

Those ignorant savages need our "help" so they can enjoy the delights of the empire and McDonalds.