The U.S. military' leadership has begun brainstorming ways to revamp the strategy for both the Iraq war and the greater war of on terror (sorry, Borat reference).

An excerpt from the NYT story:

Senior military leaders have begun a broad review of strategy in Iraq and other crisis areas in the Bush administration’s campaign against terrorism, according to Pentagon officials.

In a closely held effort, Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has assembled a team of some of the military’s brightest and most innovative officers and told them to take a fresh look at Iraq and Afghanistan, among other flashpoints.

Pentagon officials said that the team’s objective was to outline a range of options that General Pace might draw on in advising President Bush and Robert M. Gates, selected by Mr. Bush to become defense secretary, as the White House adjusts its strategy in Iraq. Ideas that have been discussed include increasing the size of the Iraqi security forces, along with the American effort to train and equip them, and adjusting the size of the American force in Iraq.

But Pentagon officials stressed that the review extended well beyond Iraq, and that some unorthodox ideas on how to fight terrorism were being weighed. The review reflects the recognition that military efforts need to be part of an overall approach that includes all aspects of American power, including diplomatic and economic.

Pentagon officials said the military review, which formally began Sept. 25, is being coordinated with the rest of the government, but that the military team had not met with members of the Iraq Study Group, the commission that is also looking into options for Iraq. The creation of that commission, headed by a former secretary of state, James A. Baker III, and Lee H. Hamilton, a former chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, had raised the possibility that fundamental decisions on how to proceed in Iraq might be determined largely outside of the Pentagon. The commission is being advised by former military officers, but none of its members have served as senior military commanders.