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What has become apparent in this war is that the contest between a 1970s military force and and a 21st century force with real time battle management capabilitities is as unequal as horse calvary bridade versus a mechanized armored division. The speed and lethality of our forces are unprecedented in World History.

There is a cautionary lesson to be learned from the Roman Empire,however. The Roman Legions and their battle concept were never seriously challenged by a rival battle organization concept. Rome fell because of internal protectionism and confiscatory taxation gradually destroyed the economic vitality of the empire. Our ability to fund cutting edge defense research depends upon the US maintaining economic predominance. Absent this status the cost of maintaining a high tech military will become intolerable.