If the experience of the past five years means anything, it is that the Long War for the greater Middle East is most likely to be fought at close range, whether the mission is combat, counterinsurgency, stability operations, "peacekeeping" or working to build capacity of allied forces. Why, then, are we transfixed by the capabilities for long-range strikes?

http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2006/08/1944143