article_snippet: When asked questions along those lines Wednesday in Washington, it seemed that even top U.S. military officials didn't have easy answers.
article_snippet: Still, there's hardly a guarantee such calls for restraint will be answered, especially amid the chaos of war.
article_snippet: Which groups do Which groups dislike more?" said Stephen Biddle, a strategy expert and the award-winning author of "Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle.
article_snippet: But, as Biddle points out, reform in a bureaucracy comes slow.
article_snippet: What's to say talk will translate into action anytime soon?
article_snippet: Right now we seem to be limping along with whatever they do," Biddle said.
article_snippet: (There are ongoing talks aimed at resolving that impasse, but critically no deal yet.)
article_snippet: Defense Secretary Ashton Carter suggested that the matter was more nuanced.