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Wars 'useful', says US army chief
BBC:
"The head of the United States army has said that the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have provided a 'tremendous focus' for the military ...
"General Schoomaker said the attacks on America in September 2001 and subsequent events had given the US army a rare opportunity to change.
"'There is a huge silver lining in this cloud,' he said.
"'War is a tremendous focus ... Now we have this focusing opportunity, and we have the fact that [terrorists] have actually attacked our homeland, which gives it some oomph.'
"He said it was no use having an army that did nothing but train."
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Wars 'useful', says US army chief
BBC:
"The head of the United States army has said that the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have provided a 'tremendous focus' for the military ...
"General Schoomaker said the attacks on America in September 2001 and subsequent events had given the US army a rare opportunity to change.
"'There is a huge silver lining in this cloud,' he said.
"'War is a tremendous focus ... Now we have this focusing opportunity, and we have the fact that [terrorists] have actually attacked our homeland, which gives it some oomph.'
"He said it was no use having an army that did nothing but train."
Read full text here
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