“Our fighting men are phenomenal….they are lions”
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They are indeed. The problem is; there’s not many of them available. Been seeing articles lately that recruiting numbers are way down for all branches. And, about only 10% of desired age group can pass the physical, background check, etc. if we’re going to fight a major adversary such as Russians, Chinese, etc, we will need a lot more bodies. Hello draft….
So now, rather than Russia theoretically overwhelming our technological advances with greater numbers of troops and equipment, we would have not only the technological advantage, but the numbers advantage of well. NATO would rip them to shreds in short order if they ever decided to invade a NATO member, which is exactly why that's not going to happen.
The only time we would need the massively increase our numbers is if we were actually planning on invading Russia itself. The only people promoting that idea are Russian propagandists who are trying to use the unfounded fear of WW3 to have the West abandon Ukraine.
And it obviously isn't working, which is why Russian propaganda is having to work overtime.