U.S. to Target Elite Taliban Assault Force In Next Phase: Running out of bombing targets, the U.S. will bring in helicopter gunships and special forces. Part of strategy is to “signal that the U.S. military is engaged on the ground in pursuing terrorists” Washington Post so that Dubya’s grandiose war pronouncements are not seen as the fatuous empty promises they are. Even our allies are cautious on what is being called the ‘Bush Doctrine’, whose essence is “that the United States will be the unilateral judge of whether a country is supporting terrorism, and will determine the appropriate methods, including the use of military force, to impose behavioral change.” Washington Post