No disrespect intended to the people of our military, but I would suggest that without the huge technological gap we enjoy, we would have gotten our asses kicked in any of these silly Middle Eastern conflicts.
“I would suggest that without the huge technological gap we enjoy, we would have gotten our asses kicked in any of these silly Middle Eastern conflicts.”
For the infantry, there is no “huge technological gap”. Perhaps our body armor helped with small arms fire as well as partially negating IEDs and EFPs.
Every trooper on the ground endured PLENTY of hardship!