Foreign Fights Need Training, Not Troops
08.13.2011 at 09:40pm
Foreign Fights Need Training, Not Troops by Marcus Weisgerber, Defense News. BLUF:
The U.S. is more likely to increase foreign assistance to nations such as Yemen and Somalia in the future rather than deploying troops, according to President George W. Bush's top national security adviser.
"I think we're going to use a different model in places like Yemen and Somalia, and it's going to be about training and equipping and supporting local forces," Stephen Hadley said during an Aug. 12 panel discussion at the Brookings Institution in Washington…
