If wars are too important to be trusted to the generals, they are far too important to be trusted to a bunch of lawyers. In his new book, Rumsfeld’s War, Washington Times Pentagon correspondent Rowan Scarborough reveals the Pentagon paralysis that Defense Secretary Rumsfeld inherited from the Clinton administration. Part of Scarborough’s proof is a previously classified briefing, entitled "Preempting Terrorists Was not an Option." In it, Professor Richard Schultz of the Fletcher School details the legalistic stagnancy of the Clinton Pentagon.
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