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1、10Postedtowww.oss.netIOPTemporaryProceedings,28Jan06TheCounterrevolutioninMilitaryAffairsFashionablethinkingaboutdefenseignoresthegreatthreatsofourtime.byRalphPetersTheWeeklyStandard,02/06/2006,Volume011,Issue20REVOLUTIONSNOTORIOUSLYIMPRISONTHEIRMOSTcommittedsupporters.Intellectuall
2、y,influentialelementswithinourmilitaryarelockedinsidethecellsoftheRevolutioninMilitaryAffairs--thedoctrinalcultofthepastdecadethatpreachesthattechnologicalleapswilltranscendmillennia-oldrealitiesofwarfare.OurcurrentconflictshavefreedthePentagonfromatleastsomeofthenonsensicaltheories
3、oftechno-war,buttoomanyofourmilitaryandcivilianleadersremaincaptivatedbythenotionthatmachinescanreplacehumanbeingsonthebattlefield.Chainedtotheir20th-centurysuccesses,theycannotfacethenewreality:Warsofflesh,faith,andcities.Meanwhile,ourenemies,immediateandpotential,appeartograspthec
4、ontoursoffuturewarfarbetterthanwedo.FromIraq'sSunniTriangletoChina'smilitaryhighcommand,thecounterrevolutioninmilitaryaffairsiswellunderway.Weareseducedbywhatwecando;ourenemiesfocusonwhattheymustdo.Wehavefallensodeeplyinlovewiththemeanswehavedevisedforwagingconceptualwarsthatwearebl
5、indtotheirmarginalrelevanceinactualwars.Terrorists,foronelethalexample,donotfear"network-centricwarfare"becausetheyhavealreadymastereditforatinyfractionofonecentonthedollar,achievinggreaterrelativeeffectswiththeInternet,cellphones,andcheapairlineticketsthanallofourmilitarytechnologi
6、eshavedelivered.Ourprimeweaponinourstruggleswithterrorists,insurgents,andwarriorsofeverypatchworksortremainsthesoldierorMarine;yet,confrontedwithreality'sbloodyevidence,wesimplypretendthatother,future,hypotheticalwarswilljustifythesystemsweadore--purchasedattheexpenseoftheassetswene
7、ed.Stubbornly,wecontinuetofantasizethatawondrousenemywillappearwhowillfightusonourownterms,asamaskedknightmighthavematerializedatastatelytournamentinanovelbySirWalterScott.Yet,notevenChina--thethreatbelovedofmajordefensecontractorsandtheiradvocates--wouldplaybyourrulesiffollyignited
8、war.Againstterroris
