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StrategyPage has an excellent post on how the Pentagon is reshaping the War on Terror.
The new American strategy in the war on terror is arguably the most comprehensive since the attacks of September 11, 2001. This strategy had its start when U.S. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld sent a memo to his staff in October 2003, wanting to know whether the war on terrorism was being won, and if they were killing more terrorists than were being recruited.Posted by The Vorlon at August 8, 2005 7:54 PM[. . .]
So, the planners went to work identifying what terrorists needed. There were eight items in the list: Ideological support, funds, safe havens, communications and movement, foot soldiers, leadership, weapons, and access to targets. Each of these are needed to sustain a terrorist organization over the long haul.
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Ultimately, the Pentagon is shifting gears – getting ready for a long, generation conflict more akin to the Cold War as opposed to World War II. The Pentagon will be using every tool in its toolbox, from training the forces of friendly nations (as is being done in Iraq and Afghanistan), to public diplomacy, to military force in fighting the war on terror.