Good piece by David Ignatius in today’s Washington Post on the importance of military partnerships and the use of all elements of national power. A particularly salient point was the military can not be the first answer to every problem with AQ or other terrorists organizations but takes times:
“Gen. Stanley McChrystal this week expressed a truth that military commanders know better than anyone: “A political solution to all conflicts is the inevitable outcome,” he told the Financial Times. The problem is getting to that political settlement in a way that the combatants find acceptable. This can take years, even decades.”
