[kromike]

Gee. Just like the Jimmy-Carter years. Fancy that.

Thanks for absolutely nothing, Obama-bots.

[FlingWingFlyer]

It’s all part of the big plan to make the Euro Peons like us like they do Madonna and Michael Jackson.

[WHBates]

"A decline in the U.S. military’s ability to influence events abroad may be inevitable," he writes. "However, it should not be the result of indifference or lack of attention."

Well we have the wrong crowd running Congress and the White House for it to be any other way.

[OldDeckHand]

So long as we maintain this post-WWII mindset where civilian casualties are unacceptable, we will always be at the mercy of those who'll win at any and all cost.

Truman and Churchill (and even FDR) would have dispatched of Iraq in months, not years as they wouldn't have hogtied and sidelined our strategic advantages. In February of 1945, allied bombers created more chaos and death in one German city, than 40K American soldiers and marines have done in Afghanistan in almost 8 years. That's not an accident.

[Bertha Fanation]

What the hey. As long as we can reduce our carbon footprint, the world will be a safter place for all people and nations.

[pappyone]

The real issue is how force is used. If the U S doctrine allowed for use of overwhelming force no one, conventional or asymetric, would stand a chance. Its when the ROE tie BOTH hands that the US forces sustain many casualties, and the conflict is in doubt.

[GOPJ]

In that war game, U.S. forces engaged "an ‘unnamed Persian Gulf military’ meant to be a stand-in for Iran," Krepinevich writes. 'The ‘Iranian’ forces … successfully countered the U.S. forces at every turn,' he writes. "The U.S. fleet that steamed into the Persian Gulf found itself subjected to a surprise attack by swarms of Iranian suicide vessels and anti-ship cruise missiles. Well over half the U.S. ships were sunk or put out of action."

Eventually a ' do-over ' was ordered, and the game "proceeded to a much more agreeable conclusion,"

Krepinevich wrote. In real life - there are NO do-overs...

[GOPJ]

In that war game, U.S. forces engaged "an ‘unnamed Persian Gulf military’ meant to be a stand-in for Iran," Krepinevich writes. 'The ‘Iranian’ forces … successfully countered the U.S. forces at every turn,' he writes. "The U.S. fleet that steamed into the Persian Gulf found itself subjected to a surprise attack by swarms of Iranian suicide vessels and anti-ship cruise missiles. Well over half the U.S. ships were sunk or put out of action."

Eventually a ' do-over ' was ordered, and the game "proceeded to a much more agreeable conclusion,"

Krepinevich wrote. In real life - there are NO do-overs...

[bitterohiogunclinger]

“America’s military today is bigger than the rest of the planet combined,” Pike said. “The preponderance of military power the U.S. has today is without precedent.”
This comment is about as absurd as they come.
We currently enjoy an advantage in technology and in air and sea power projection capability, but never underestimate the emasculating effects of a DemonRAT controlled civilian authority. The DemonRATs campaigned tirelessly to try to defeat us in Iraq, and they and the complicit media work tirelessly to undermine our troops at every turn. Our enemies know full well how to wage a war of attrition and how to use a complicit liberal media to their advantage.

[jveritas]

Our US military is the most powerful and most advanced military force in history of mankind and will remain so for many decades to come. This article above is total BS.

We have 50% of the world military budget. The Chinese, the Russians, and European arms and weapons are at least 15 years behind us on all levels.