“As one four star put it...”
If he was a tanker, he was just trying to save his job.
Look, tanks played a vital role in WWII. They also played a vital role in the Arab-Israeli wars. Other than that, they didn’t. Modern weaponry has rendered the tank pretty much obsolete, and wholly unjustified from a cost-benefit perspective.
OK so when you go into combat you have no need of any protection from local tanks, machine gun nests, snipers, etc. Your Kevlar armor stops all of that, and the enemy, seeing your awesome protection runs away or surrenders.
Sure.
Not here holding with the FR meme about tanks. Go into combat with the Russians or Chinese without tanks and you will get slaughtered. The marine brass are idiots for giving them up. There is no reason to imagine that the Army will be able come to their rescue when they need them and the Army has said as much.