Rumsfeld, ``There Will Be No Such D-Day for Massive Operation``

The U.S., who has rushed as if it would immediately begin an all-out war, rather takes a deep breath before its launch for the military operation.

Such changes could be noticed by the remarks of the U.S. high officials from `we will deploy all possible measures` `we will stand for an overall campaign` to `defensive and long-term responses` Therefore, more military experts now anticipate that the U.S. will not set for the military operation for a while.

A different kind of war from the past: Defense Minister Donald Rumsfeld, the representative hawk in the U.S. administration, declared yesterday that the U.S. would not carry out a massive invading operation to punish the terrorism.``The war on terrorism by nature would not be won by the massive invasion. Therefore, there will be no such D-Day as one of the Normandy Landing during the World War II.``

This utterance of the Defense Minister is quite different from his address to the U.S. military in the foreign countries on Sep. 12, saying ``you will heroes of the U.S. in a few days.``

George W. Bush also emphasized ``the war on terrorism will be totally different from such traditional war as Gulf War.``while explaining the mobilization of the U.S. military to the leaders of the Congress in the White House.

The remarks of the spokesperson of the White House, ``The U.S. does not aim to subvert the Taliban government.``and of Colin Powell the Secretary of State, ``The Western society may aid the Taliban government if it handed over Osama bin Laden.``evidence the changes of the U.S. hard line attitude.

Isolation of Taliban rather than Military operation: The strategic meeting of the U.S. National Security Team at Camp David concluded that the war on terrorism should be approached from multiple ways including diplomacy, economy, and intelligence in addition to the military operation.

Therefore, the war on terrorism began without the sound of bombing. The U.S. froze the properties related to the terrorists or terrorist organizations in the U.S. to disconnect the supply line and have successfully isolated the Taliban government from the international society. Soudi Arabia and Arab Emirate announced their diplomatic cessation for the Taliban and Pakistan summoned all its diplomats in Afghanistan and has actively cooperated with the U.S. for the war on terrorism.

Military experts analyzed that the U.S. is inducing a self-submission of the Taliban by pressing it economically and politically before the U.S. set for the military operation.

U.S. President Bush`s frequent emphasis recently on his words, ``we will smoke them out and catch them.``seems to mean the same line of thought.

Therefore, the mobilization of the U.S. military into the Afghanistan border is to show off the U.S. military power and to strengthen the diplomatic position, and to demonstrate its will to set for immediate military operation when the U.S. special forces are in danger in the Afghanistan.

Shin Chi-Young higgledy@donga.com