Andrew J. Bacevich apparently wrote this on March 2, 2014, just a day ago?
Andrew is a real special kind of STUPID!!!
Does not Desert Storm provide a lesson that the least expensive way to conduct a war, both in term of blood and dollars, is to go in overwhelmingly strong by every measure, do the job, get it over with and go home? If it is not war the politicians want, do not send the armed forces. These sort of wars are too danged expensive.
There are other agencies that are better equipped to conduct nation building.
Send FEMA