“If this blows up into a full scale World War, those positions will be fortified with many more “assets” that were not required to “keep the peace” in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
Why do you think that we have a bunch of assets that are readily available to use in a World War?
we have enough
We do; the half of the Army that is not resting or preparing to deploy to Iran; six Carrier Battle Groups; and a number of Air Expeditionary Wings.