[ansel12]

The big dogs that have been fighting in combat for the last decade and demonstrating great effectiveness.

I wouldn’t be dismissing the United States GIs and the other NATO fighting men so breezily, in the name of Putin and his inexperienced and limited military.

[Timber Rattler]

You haven't been keeping up with recent U.S. military news have you?

Budget cuts to slash U.S. Army to smallest since before World War Two

US Army's last tanks depart from Germany

Army drawdown continues: 1,100 captains to be cut

Air Force Chief: Budget Cuts Affect Combatant Commands

Navy Orders Cuts to Begin; Thousands to Be Fired

Obama to Announce Major US Nuclear Force Cuts Soon

Despite all the chest beating and wishful thinking on these threads, the U.S. military of 2014 is NOT the military of 1986, and is in no condition to fight the Russians, even if Ukraine was any of our business.