[xzins]

Our military force structure shouldn't be determined by what other nations do.

We SHOULD have a two major war strategy, in which we are structured to fight, win, and occupy until peace is established. In my mind that's a return to the 18 division Army.

[Timm]

We SHOULD have a two major war strategy, in which we are structured to fight, win, and occupy until peace is established. In my mind that's a return to the 18 division Army.

I agree.

Luckily for us, we weren't forced to confront the thin lines of our forces this spring. What if NK had decided to move south while we were fighting in Iraq? Well, it would have been scary, to say the least.

The chances of resolving some nightmare scenario like that one without nukes are dangerously low. Right now, we don't really have the conventional forces necessary to fight two major conflicts at once.

A buildup is expensive, but insurance is expensive too, and seems especially so when you don't need it. The whole point is to avoid the cost of a major war, and compared against that incalculable cost a military buildup is a small price to pay.

[Jim Noble]

In my mind that's a return to the 18 division Army

Not enough.

Not nearly enough.

[fortaydoos]

I completely agree, and suggest we post a few thousand of our boys on our southern border to stop the drugs and terrorists flowing northward.