"The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have led to the destruction, or wearing out, of 40 per cent of the US army's equipment, totalling at a recent count 212 billion dollars. (...) Only a third of the regular army's brigades now qualify as combat-ready. Officers educated at the elite West Point academy are leaving at a rate not seen in 30 years, with the consequence that the US army has a shortfall of 3,000 commissioned officers - and the problem is expected to worsen."
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2147052,00.htmlThe destruction of the US Army wasn't done by the French or liberals. Neocons did it.
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