But he stressed the United States must combine its military might that has damaged al-Qaida during the past several years with other tools, such as diplomacy and development aid, as well as expand human intelligence to defeat an adaptable enemy.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

In other words, should we be putting more emphasis on diplomacy on economic and technical assistance in Afghnastan rather than so much emphasis on the military actions?

换句话说，我们是不是应该把更多的经历放到外交，经济以及技术援助上,而不是把过多的经历放在军事行动上？

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U.S.President Barack Obama has already outlined Washington's new strategy, to deal strategically with Afghanistan and Pakistan together, to focus on both military and civilian development efforts and to step up diplomacy by bringing in neighboring countries as part of the solution.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

"Our effort here in writing this letter is just urging caution because we're hoping that with the new administration, we will have an administration that will lend itself more to diplomacy and working through other means rather than always military confrontation,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.17