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According to the ''Boston Globe,'' [[George W. Bush]] (then governor of [[Texas]]) said the following on Oct. 11, 2000:  

According to the ''Boston Globe,'' [[George W. Bush]] (then governor of [[Texas]]) said the following on Oct. 11, 2000:  

* I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called [[nation-building]].

* I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called [[nation-building]].

* I think what we need to do is convince people who live in the lands they live in to build the nations. Maybe I'm missing something here. I mean, we're going to have a kind of nation-building corps from America? Absolutely not. [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/03/02/once_against_nation_building_bush_now_involved/]

* I think what we need to do is convince people who live in the lands they live in to build the nations. Maybe I'm missing something here. I mean, we're going to have a kind of nation-building corps from America? Absolutely not.<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/03/02/once_against_nation_building_bush_now_involved/</ref>

==Views of General Caldwell==

==Views of General Caldwell==

The 2008 Army Field Manual on Operations was released in March 2008 by Lt. Gen. [[William B. Caldwell]], commander of the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

The 2008 Army Field Manual on Operations was released in March 2008 by Lt. Gen. [[William B. Caldwell]], commander of the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

* it makes the "stability of a nation" just as vital to success as offensive or defensive combat operations [https://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080303/NATION/250209854/1001 ]

* it makes the "stability of a nation" just as vital to success as offensive or defensive combat operations</ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080303/NATION/250209854/1001</ref>

* the manual's third directive, titled "stability operations," focuses on nation-building

* the manual's third directive, titled "stability operations," focuses on nation-building

==Views of General Vallely==

==Views of General Vallely==

Retired Army Maj. Gen. [[Paul Vallely]] said in 2008 that efforts to rebuild in Iraq and [[Afghanistan]] have placed a serious financial strain on an Army whose job is to "win war" not "build nations." [https://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080303/NATION/250209854/1001 ]

Retired Army Maj. Gen. [[Paul Vallely]] said in 2008 that efforts to rebuild in Iraq and [[Afghanistan]] have placed a serious financial strain on an Army whose job is to "win war" not "build nations."<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080303/NATION/250209854/1001</ref>

==A conservative view==

==A conservative view==

Political scientist James L. Payne wrote:

Political scientist James L. Payne wrote:

* The nation-building idea has a critical, generally overlooked, gap: who knows how to do it? Pundits and presidents talk about nation building as if it were a settled technology, like building bridges or removing gall bladders.  

* The nation-building idea has a critical, generally overlooked, gap: who knows how to do it? Pundits and presidents talk about nation building as if it were a settled technology, like building bridges or removing gall bladders.  

* Nation building by military force is not a coherent, defensible policy. It is based on no theory, it has no proven technique or methodology, and there are no experts who know how to do it. [http://www.amconmag.com/2005/2005_10_24/article1.html]

* Nation building by military force is not a coherent, defensible policy. It is based on no theory, it has no proven technique or methodology, and there are no experts who know how to do it.<ref>http://www.amconmag.com/2005/2005_10_24/article1.html</ref>

==References==

==References==