There are also limits that come from having an idiot in charge of military power, as he proved over and over.
Hagel couldn’t wipe his butt without Odungo’s OK
Two words: Japan. Germany.
I think Hagel is telling Petraeus his COIN policy doesn’t work with the new world order being put in place by this administration that has Islam as its basis.
Tell that to the Romans. Or Attila. Or Genghis Khan. Or the Vikings. Or the Normans.
History is filled with cultures that imposed their values on others very successfully. However, that first requires that you believe in your own culture.
Douglas MacArthur as the defacto American Pro Counsel of Japan proved otherwise to Hagel’s assertions made to Gady in this interview with Hagel reported in “The Diplomat”.
Bombing them back into the stone age works. Hagel has no balls.
Hagel is a Dhimmi, if not an actual convert. Taken in that context there is a deeper meaning to his statements than one would assume from mere appearances.