>>> ... budget cutters argued that two at once was archaic. Fighting one major war and “holding the line” elsewhere sufficed. <<<
Give the troops WW2 style rules of engagement and let them win instead of holding them back. Any conflict will be over quickly and at minimum cost in cash and American lives.
And get rid of the JAG lawyers that the troops fear.
FYI, the vast majority of the lawyers fashioning ROE are civilians, not JAGs. We just have to teach what the beltway boys and girls hand down. Most of us don’t like the ROE any more than you do.
Colonel, USAF (ret), TJAGC