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was President Bush against it?
Nation building is a controversial diplomatic and military initiative. Leaders in the Bush administration and other American officials have expressed different opinions about its wisdom and practicality, particularly in regards to post-war [[Iraq]]
Nation building is a controversial diplomatic and military initiative. Leaders in the Bush administration and other American officials have expressed different opinions about its wisdom and practicality, particularly in regards to post-war [[Iraq]].
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 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/]
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.