What OTHER shortages, pilots, technicians, mechanics, clerks, and the myriad of critically needed skill exist as a result of the last eight years of a Commander in Chief who visibly degraded our military?
Could today’s military pull of D-Day or take the Marianas? Or hold onto Pusan?
“Could today’s military pull off D-Day”
Unfortunately, we don’t have the machine tool industry today that made an Arsenal of Democracy possible in the 1940’s. No Arsenal of Democracy, no invasion, no crusade and no victory.
Perhaps not, but neither could the US military at the start of each of those particular wars, or any other war. It took years of buildup, training and outfitting to do so. D-Day was almost 2 1/2 years after Pearl Harbor. Different battle landscape and technology today. Think back though to the buildup during Desert Shield prior to Desert Storm. It took time to spool up for that. If that became a protracted ground war, we would have prevailed, but it would have taken more buildup in personnel, materiel and time. We can’t afford to maintain a “war time” military in “peace time”, but the technology and ability to project force in many forms still gives us an advantage.