Sorry. This article is ridiculous.
As much as Obama has degraded our military (using PC as an excuse), it still is unparalleled. Nobody could stand up to the US military in a heads-on battle. It wouldn’t even be close.
Putin may posture and have his planes buzz our aircraft carriers, but he is NOT going to pick this fight.
The death-loving Islamists might, but not Putin.
Russians would get their asses kicked on Poland, as the Poles would have home field advantage, and more motivation. Russians would surrender in droves.
....well, Obama, Jarett and Pelosi can always draft a few thousand women and send them over there to fight the Russkies!
I think many aspects of what you say are true. To me, the single largest and most effective weapon this country has is its reserve of combat trained and tested veterans.
For the last 15 years, the US has not only been using its active duty forces in the combat conflicts, it has been (through necessity) cycling through guard and reserve units. The result? Millions of combat experienced veterans. A definite plus against any nascent conflict.
Where does it lag? It lags behind all the conventional arms and materiel to fight that conflict on a widespread sustained basis.
Sure, F-22s, A-10s (the leftover ones), and that brand spanking new troublesome F-35, F-15s et al could sure do some damage, but artillery and tank-supported ground forces in the hundreds of thousands? Not since GWI. Certainly not now. Bombs, bullets, guns, even decent hand weapons. Tanks, carriers, supply vehicles....most of what’s left from Afghanistan or Iraq is still being reworked and rehabbed.....
But there are still the nukes and the subs if it has to get to that - but you lose all control after the first one.
NATO? Don’t expect much help from them. They’re still stretching it beyond the pale trying to explain why they had to bomb Libya to protect the North Atlantic.