A Dempsey Doctrine?

Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., May 1, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega

The Dempsey Doctrine Unveiled: Never Use The Military Alone -- Aol Defense

WASHINGTON: He may come to regret it, but Gen. Martin Dempsey today offered what may come to define his tenure as the president's top military advisor, a doctrine that the United States should never send the military to war by itself.

Here's the phrase Dempsey uttered: "The military instrument should never be wielded alone." Before that, answering a question from veteran newsman Marvin Kalb, now with the Brookings Institution, Dempsey offered this as his first, inchoate stab at a doctrine: "I would say where we're headed is a global networked approach to war."

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My Comment: I guess the military saying .... "you go to war with what you have" .... will need to be changed to .... "you go to war with everyone in the government backing you up".