Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on July 31 released a new national defense strategy. Not surprisingly, this event generated hardly a ripple in Washington, D.C.'s sluggish pool of summer political chatter. It was, after all, the Bush Pentagon's third strategy. In 2001, after the Sept. 11 attacks, then-Pentagon head Donald H. Rumsfeld unveiled his first. He issued the second in 2005. This one comes very late in an Administration, turning off media interest. The Gates strategy, though, bears closer scrutiny. From all appearances, its main purpose is to exalt irregular warfare above more-traditional "conventional" missions. Gates clearly hopes it influences the next Administration. If it does, USAF's forces, programs, and concepts could be affected. The 23-page document lays out four striking assertions about the threat posed today by Muslim extremist irregulars.
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机译：国防部长罗伯特·盖茨于7月31日发布了一项新的国防战略。毫不奇怪，这一事件几乎没有在华盛顿特区夏季政治闲谈中产生连锁反应。毕竟，这是布什五角大楼的第三个战略。在9月11日的袭击事件发生后的2001年，当时的五角大楼负责人唐纳德·H·拉姆斯菲尔德（Donald H. Rumsfeld）揭开了自己的第一幅画。他在2005年发布了第二本。这本刊物在政府部门中来得很晚，因此没有引起媒体的关注。不过，盖茨的战略需要接受更严格的审查。从所有方面看，它的主要目的是将非常规战争提升到更传统的“常规”任务之上。盖茨显然希望它能影响下一届政府。如果这样做的话，美国空军的部队，计划和概念可能会受到影响。这份长达23页的文件就穆斯林极端分子非正规人员今天构成的威胁提出了四项引人注目的主张。
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