[lit-ideas] Re: The beginning of the end in Iraq
- From: "John McCreery" <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:21:55 +0900
On 10/26/06, Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It's not a regression to World War II style, since our
explosives and delivery systems are more accurate than
anything dreamed of in World War II, and our ability to
project force is beyond the wildest dreams of World War II
planners. But not having smart weapons is a limitation ...
we'd have to kill a lot more innocents to repulse a North
Korean attack.
For the sake of argument, let us assume that this is true. What Pace
is saying is no more than the fairly obvious fact that the US military
still has the resources to defeat any conventional military attack
from any conventional military force in the world.
That still doesn't answer the question what next? What comes after
"the end of major combat operations"?
Will we have enough of the right people, with the right training and
the right equipment to put boots on the ground and hold the landscape
we have ravaged? Let alone restore civil order and rebuild the
infrastructure we've destroyed?
Given the state of play in Iraq, only a fool would say yes.
John
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