Can the US Army win the next war?

US Defense Watch ^ | November 9, 2015 | Morris Schaffer

[Netz]

If we are asking this question then we are at the point of December 6th 1941 all over again.

[knarf]

The founer of Defense Watch

[RC one]

In its current state, if the US Army is called upon to fight the Russians or the Iranians or Chinese, the results could be disastrous.

ya think?

[Wolfie]

Will Congress ever declare another War?

[knarf]

The upper echelon of American politicians, military and intelligence need to be removed !

"Do the Armor, Artillery, and Infantry Branches even have the collective knowledge to know how to do one anymore?
My own experience as a cavalry squadron commander returning from a combat deployment in Baghdad a few years ago mirrors these kinds of stories where I had lieutenants who had never qualified on a Bradley and a squadron that didn't know collectively anymore how to run a Bradley gunnery range.

[knarf]

"Macgregor responds by pointing out that ultimate victory is not a matter of size.
"The problem with the U.S. Army is much bigger than numbers", he says.
It's not organized, equipped, or trained for a high end, conventional, integrated joint battle with a numerically and at least in some ways qualitatively superior enemy on the enemy's chosen turf.
In the simulation, it's Russia. But it could just as easily be China.
"Even if you increased the Army to 600,000 in its current form, it would still fail. That's the problem and, by the way, the Army knows it."

[Netz]

The real definition of SNAFU? We are in bad shape as the Ovomit administration like termites eats away everything from within...

[Diogenesis]

Depends on the definition of “win”.

Hasan lives. al Qaeda is armed by the Pentagon and CIA.
Is that a “win”, you traitors to the US Constitution?

[Bryanw92]

>>If we are asking this question then we are at the point of December 6th 1941 all over again.

We are far worse. 9/11 and the aftermath proves that many in our nation lack the moral fortitude to be the home front in a war. The alarming number of PTSD cases in returning veterans who never endured an air strike, artillery barrage, a tank battle, naval surface action, or any other type of battle where the soldiers/sailors feel powerless to do anything but endure it is an indication that we are too weak to fight a war against a foe with a real military.

In 1941, we had a military that was crap, but we had a population that was made of steel. Today, we have the opposite.

[Netz]

A nation not used to warfare or any kind of hardship (except when the WiFi is down) is the result of a peace dividend boom earned by our vets in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. We have enjoyed real peace & prosperity as a nation for at least 70 years. The wars fought 1945-1993 were “over there”. We have been so fortunate for the most part that we have become slothful and unappreciative of anything outside of instant gratification. We are spoiled, soft, fat & lazy and that will be our undoing.

Today people still don't understand that 9/11 was the opening volley of a prolonged WWIII with Islam. Since President Ovomit took over it's a very fast & slippery slope to doom.

[DoodleDawg]

What will the next war look like?

[wtd]

Well said. The current generation of military aged candidates are coddled with campus provided ‘safe spaces’ to which to retreat when confronted by ‘micro-aggressions’ which interfere with the brainwashed/gas-lighted/emotions of malignantly hyper-sensitized ‘special snowflakes’.

[Tupelo]

Wrong question. Question should be;
Can the United States win a war any more?
That answer is no. Not for damn near 3/4 of a century.
Military wins the battles, then the politicians in Washington, assisted by the media and the left give it away. Happens every time.
Then the bastards come up with slogans to make themselves look good while they f**k over the poor vets that left comrades and body parts all over the earth.

And some people wonder why I support Trump.

[Chainmail]

This won't go anywhere and we might as well be urinating into the wind, but we have had decades of destroying the army and the navy and wasn't just Odimwit and his homos.

Through several administrations and congresses we have cut budgets as though there was never going to be a war ever again or just favored the next multibillion dollar Air Force weapons at the expense of the ground-gaining and sea-keeping services.

We also have had generations of service-ignoring folks who have left the duty of military service to "other people" - including many of you reading this.

The enemies and threats are real. If we don't face them now, we will lose.

[StoneWall Brigade]

Ping

For your interest

[Spktyr]

Your attention please. “RAPTOR POOP RAPTOR POOP” my ass.

[ReaganGeneration2]

Two reations:

The Baltics? Can we stop the invasion from the south first?

The Baltics? Since we are broke, how can we afford another Trillion dollar war that doesn’t directly affect the homeland?

[Travis T. OJustice]

Our military could handily win a war if our government would get the hell out of their way and let them do their job.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

Another major problem is a lack of will. To win wars you have to kill the enemy and devastate his homeland. He must be utterly defeated and know it. You can’t do that if you care about civilians, or collateral damage, respecting his religion, his culture or hurting his feelings. You kill them until they BEG you to stop killing them. Then you have won.