Powell Doctrine

If we did it so well last time, using the Powell doctrine, why would you do anything less than that now?

But in many cases the Powell doctrine seems to be an anachronism.

He too believes that the Powell doctrine is a cold war relic, ill suited to today's more fluid world system.

But in the current war on terrorism, the Powell Doctrine has been shelved, at least temporarily.

As I understand it, an exit strategy is a sort of poor man's Powell Doctrine.

When will we ever comprehend the Powell Doctrine - use overwhelming force and have an exit strategy?

This is the approved wisdom of the Powell Doctrine, but doesn't get you very far as a judgment in hindsight.

The Powell Doctrine holds that the lesson of Vietnam is do it right or not at all.

His approach has been dubbed the "Powell Doctrine."

And American military leaders, gripped by the Colin Powell doctrine, do not want to risk casualties for any reason.

What does the Powell Doctrine say about such market interventions, which many of our allies might demand of him one day?

There has already been one casualty in the Bush administration's war on terrorism: the much-vaunted Powell doctrine.

The Clinton campaign seems to have adopted the Powell Doctrine: using overwhelming force regardless of the odds.

The Powell doctrine was born out of the American military's longstanding frustrations in Vietnam.

Was the Powell Doctrine losing influence?

"The Vietnam syndrome and the $(Colin$) Powell doctrine proved to be powerful dampers on action."

The Powell doctrine of overwhelming force came to hold sway, and in the 1991 Persian Gulf war the military called the shots.

Both Cohen and Boot direct their strongest attacks against contemporary military leaders' embrace of the "Powell doctrine."

His plan is now referred to as the Powell Doctrine, although there is not an actual formal document named as such.

Explicit in the Powell Doctrine's notion of overwhelming force were the goals of winning quickly while keeping casualties low and maintaining public support.

It's the Colin Powell doctrine adapted to literature: fight not just to win, but to unleash overwhelming force from the first volley.

I think the "Powell Doctrine" is the most rational guide to waging war that I have read in a long time.

But even before the Bush administration embarked on its counterterrorism campaign, it had become clear that the Powell doctrine had its limitations.

First of all, Rummy wanted to crush once and for all the Powell doctrine, which says you fight a war like this only with overwhelming force.

As to which of these alternatives--all or nothing at all--is the right one in any situation, the Powell Doctrine does not say.