Posted on 01/03/2012 8:09:59 PM PST by JerseyanExile
The Pentagon appears to be on the cusp of abandoning a long-held strategic principle: that the US military should have the ability to wage two conventional wars simultaneously.
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expected to announce the results of a large-scale strategic overview Thursday that will instead call for the military to be able to fight one large conventional war, and act as a spoiler for potential enemies in any other conflict that might crop up.
In the new military parlance, its the one-plus strategy.
The news is expected to draw a great deal of buzz, but how important is this shift, really? And how will it impact Americas standing in the world? In practical terms, some analysts say that the shift has little meaning. In fact its less a shift, they argue, than a no duh announcement.
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Did Iraq invite us in or Afghanistan? The way we get into other countries is by bribery of US aid. I can not imagine the founding fathers had that model in mind when this country began. We in a sense we give them money so they can buy our weapons. The US has never moved beyond the war time economy since WW2.
Victory with overwhelming nuclear devastation of the enemy’s camp.
Has America sent combat troops anywhere since WWII without keeping the United Nations informed —in a real sense the United Nations has directed our actions more than our own govt. since WWII.
Were you aware that in Oct of 63 JFK signed the NSAM 263 to with drawl the troop from Vietnam on Nov. 20 1963 the the JCS had a conference in Honolulu drafting the plan OPLAN 34A for the planning and escalation of troops in SV and by Nov 26 of LBJ wrote the NSAM 273 authorizing this action?
It looks like to me the military industrial complex does not give a damn about presidents and policy except their own plans. There was a study and talks that if we were to us atomic bombs the best time to use them would be at the end of 63 and that would involve a first strike against the Soviet Union and China. We had dominance at that time concerning atomic bombs.
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