Haldeman's "Forever War" re-envisioned the war in Southeast Asia through the kaleidoscopic lens of science fiction, possibly the most appropriate instrument with which to make sense of the surreal chaos of the events.
We are saying the limited nature of this particular mission is not the kind of 'hostilities' envisioned by the War Powers Resolution".
The plans make much strategic sense, military experts say, and were envisioned before the war in Iraq estranged the United States from old allies in Western Europe like Germany and France.
The theory Mr. Obama embraced holds that American forces have not been in "hostilities" as envisioned by the War Powers Resolution at least since early April, when NATO took over the responsibility for the no-fly zone and the United States shifted to a supporting role providing refueling assistance and surveillance — although remotely piloted American drones are still periodically firing missiles.
Over on the Lens blog, our colleagues have published a post on the work of Binh Danh, a photographer who has used photosynthesis to re-envision the Vietnam War.
Asked at a recent Pentagon town hall meeting how he envisioned the end state for the war on terror, Donald Rumsfeld replied, "I guess the end state in the shortest response would be to not be terrorized".
Summing up the then bare-bones transformation of the warehouse into an exhibition space, the Viennese author Alfred Polgar wrote in 1929, "They put up a sign reading 'Please don't touch the objects' and wrote on the doors 'entrance' and 'exit.' " Between the wars, state authorities envisioned the depot as an educational tool that would also promote furniture manufacture based on period pieces.
As he strolled through this historic fort this week, admiring the copper statues of Portuguese kings and poets, the tanks and rifles from Angola's past wars, he envisioned the place filled with visitors snapping photos, buying souvenirs, sipping soda.
As American troops took Baghdad, Mr Rumsfeld initially cancelled plans to send even the paltry reinforcements envisioned in the war-plan.
He or his advisers envisioned the campaign as a series of military initiatives, whereas world wars by their nature also require flawless diplomacy.
