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Pundits and presidents talk about nation building as if it were a settled technology, like building bridges or removing gall bladders
==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." [http://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." [http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080303/NATION/250209854/1001 ]
==A conservative view==
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. [http://www.amconmag.com/2005/2005_10_24/article1.html]
==Notes==
==Notes==