Such change needs to take place slowly and gradually – and possess a local face. It will indeed take a long time to help at risk nations reform and build indigenous governance capacity. Of course, the best way to accomplish this is to alleviate the social, political, and economic conditions that nurture development of the extremist thought that leads to violent action. This is what the “long” in the current “long war” strategy means. The “speak softly” approach includes building indigenous governance and security capacity among regional powers so they can deal with these threats themselves. “Military power can gain us time …but that is about it.” Central Command, General John Abizaid, recently pointed out in a Wall Street Journal article. armed forces seek a balanced approach that also addresses the “speak softly” side of the equation. However, in its “long war” struggle against violent Islamist extremists, U.S.
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