Reply #14: Meanwhile, Stripes editors promoted "long war" in this Heritage Foundation editorial

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from yesterday's paper.

Realists acknowledge the 'long war'

Without a good long-war strategy, states often take steps that are self-defeating and self-weakening (such as establishing state-directed economies or declaring martial law) in a desperate battle to prevail.

Good long-war strategy must provide for security, economic growth, the protection of individual liberties and winning the ideological struggle — and doing all equally well to ensure that the nation doesn’t just win, but emerges from the conflict a free, safe and prosperous victor.

Acknowledging that America is waging a long war is essential. It must be recognized to make sure this nation takes the right steps to win. It’s just as important as when we called the Cold War “cold,” which helped Americans understand that we couldn’t defeat the Soviet empire through direct military confrontation.

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=125&article=45266