Unconventional Security is now Conventional

From Iraq to Gaza, from the Somali pirates to the Taliban, from contaminated water to suitcase bombs, unconventional warfare and security issues ARE now the CONVENTIONAL security threat. In the Pentagon, old men from the past continue to define security with set piece massed armies at the core of the current security paradigm.
We are prepared to fight the last war, World War Two, we are not preparing nor prepared to fight the current and future threat- which is still considered to be "unconventional." The obvious danger is that were are not still ready to fight asymmetrical threats that have emerged in the Post-Cold War as the dominant threat.

Former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, gone ONE thing right, America's need for special forces to increase dramatically. Weapons, training and troop structure changes need to shift from massed armies to small groups with special weapons and tactics (SWAT).

Despite all the military history lessons, the Pentagon is still preparing for, in the main, another World War Two.