As outgoing US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel pointed out in a recent interview, in war, “things can get out of control, and drift and wander” in ways that can cause a military to fall into a more “accelerated” use of force than was initially anticipated. Against this background, the notion that force alone can transform conflict-riven societies in the Middle East and elsewhere is a dangerous fallacy.
美国对这些国家的军事干预彰显出现代战争的又一关键挑战。即将卸任的美国国防部长哈格尔在最新访问中指出，在战争中，“情况会失控，其漂移和移动”可能令军队比最初预想的更快“加速”使用武力。在此背景下，光靠武力就能改变饱受冲突困扰的中东和其他地区社会的概念是一个危险的谬误。