An unclassified version of the document will be released. The document is the culmination of 22 months of work. The document examines the War on Terrorism in depth such as providing a road map for prosecuting the War on Terrorism and establishes a new set of metrics to measure the progress on the War on Terrorism. United States National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism also discusses several key features of the War on Terrorism such as defining the enemy as Islamic extremism instead of al Qaida and on encouraging and enabling foreign partners with an explicit understanding that the War on Terrorism cannot be fought unilaterally and by military means alone.
The document came about in the middle of 2003 when Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld sent numerous memorandums to his staff about was the United States really winning the War on Terrorism? Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld also sent numerous memorandums to commanders and how could the United States know if more terrorists were being killed or captured than were being recruited? The numerous memorandums resulted in a 70 page draft report that went through countless revisions. The final report is about 25 pages with 13 plus annexes and was signed and became part of the Department of Defense on Thursday, March 3, 2005.
The War on Terrorism is a conflict unlike any the United States has fought. Regardless of the specifics contained in the unclassified version of the United States National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism, there is now a plan to debate which is encouraging. United States National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism now requires continuous attention and analysis on the War on Terrorism.
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