It must be designed to achieve national objectives through means other than lethal combat, and to enhance the capabilities of the warfighters who must go into battle.

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America's priority at the moment is to recruit Iraqi police and militia for humdrum security duties, thus freeing its own troops to concentrate on the rumbling, sometimes lethal, combat operations.

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Whether these weapons will be deployed in other, non-lethal ways or used primarily as deadly weapons in combat remains to be seen.

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