Nation-building

Tom Toles, Washington Post, 2010-07-14

2010

2010-05-09-Will

The military tries nation-building in Afghanistan
By George F. Will
Washington Post Op-Ed, 2010-05-09

2010-06-30-Obama-civilian-force

Obama Calls for ‘Civilian Force’ as Large as the Military
by Jason Ditz
Antiwar.com, 2010-06-30

Says Military 'Overburdened' and He Needs Another Nation Building Force

Speaking today at a town hall meeting, President Obama declared that
the military was “overburdened’ by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,
say[ing] that is among the reasons for his record military budgets
as he contends with growing deficits.

Of course, the president’s solution to this is not to scale down those wars.
Rather, he is proposing to build a “civilian expeditionary force”
that is as large as the military
and can be deployed abroad for nation-building duties.

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2011

2011-06-16-Giraldi

La Nation Building du Jour
by Philip Giraldi
Antiwar.com, 2011-06-16