In the Ukraine and the Gaza wars military observers have noted that only a tiny sample of modern technological, now outdated weaponry, has been deployed. The real danger is that the Pentagon is run by Battleship Admirals and Calvary Generals who are supported by defense industry special interests and the politicos that have been bought. It will be brave, young irreplaceable people who will die. Would you really want someone you cared deeply about on a naval surface combatant, a land armored vehicle or a helicopter if there was a real 21st century world war between superpowers? Do you really believe that the overall strategies now deployed to defend and secure America are correct and effective? A geek behind a console in a bunker may determine the future,
” Do you really believe that the overall strategies now deployed to defend and secure America are correct and effective?”
I’d hope those strategies are under review and redevelopment. I agree that the people who survive to reach the top in militaries and governments are usually those who have made the right alliances rather than those who are best suited to the job. Thus, it is and always has been. The only reason they change the way they think, and act, is for their personal survival in their jobs. If the average general today thinks about the lives of his men, it’s only because losing them might affect his position. (I base this assessment on the number of retired asshole ship captains, army colonels and majors I’ve worked for.) The fact we have in government an admiral who is a man made up to look like a particularly ugly woman sends shivers down my spine. Even if “it” is only running the nation’s medical establishment. What “it” conveys to me is how far off the rails our leadership has gone.