Pentagon flexes its altruism muscle
Aims to win trust with soft power
WASHINGTON - Having learned the limits of force in Iraq and Afghanistan, US military strategists are rewriting decades-old military doctrine to place humanitarian missions on par with combat, part of a new effort to win over distrustful foreign populations and enlist new global allies, according to top commanders and Pentagon officials. (Full article: 1015 words)
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