This General, Eric Smith, says that the reason that the US would beat China in a war is because China hasn’t fought a war since 1979 whereas the US has been fighting wars constantly since then: https://t.co/Oer0nZoRSR
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 10, 2024
From comments:
“Two words: Chosen Reservoir.”
Dec 10, 2024 USNI News
“Looking at the Indo-Pacific where President Xi Jin-ping continues to menace self-governing Taiwan, a potential second theater of operations, Smith added, “the advantage is with us.” The United States has “a history of going in harm’s way,” citing the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and learning from those experiences.”
“To expand American military capacity to fight two major conflicts simultaneously, “we have to be ready to grow” the armed forces substantially, the commandant of the Marine Corps said on Saturday.”
“The recruit is everything,” but noted that young people’s interest in joining the armed forces has declined over the years.”
The Oak Bay Starfish take:
Unfortunately, DOD spent the past 30 years or so, squandering credibility in distant lands and here at home.
MOAA Sept. 25, 2023
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During the last century, there was a tradition among American families where one generation after another would do time in uniform. This chain appears to be broken now.
Newspeople avoid asking questions.
A couple of ideas on why interest in new enlistments has declined:
Never Forget-
The US Armed Forces were irrelevant in defending American rights and freedoms, our physical security, & The Constitution on 911.
Ditto for all other federal agencies and departments.
Also, the aftermath of the catastrophic military failure of 911.
More Discussion Please – DOD Recruiting Crisis:
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
Understandable why young people & their parents & grandparents would take a dim view on all this.
Thousands of American families have now had a loved one who did one or more tours in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Will they support new enlistments?
US press plays along by not asking questions.
Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?
If DOD was an NFL team, sports talk radio would feature comments like:
The Dept. of Defense was nowhere to be found on 911. We haven’t won a war since.
Any college or pro football coach would have been fired a dozen times over for what DOD has done with the US Armed Forces during the fake GWOT era.
During the Vietnam War, US troops were sent to Vietnam.
Today, the Ohio National Guard is sent to “support Operation Spartan Shield and Operation Inherent Resolve.”
The US press has a long history of not asking questions Re: undeclared/unwon DOD wars and military operations for your freedoms.
Syria – Operation Inherent Resolve
Oct 12, 2024 Reuters
US troops are staying in Syria, White House’s Finer says
“U.S. troops “have been there now for the better part of a decade or more to fight ISIS… we are still committed to that mission.”
Dec 10, 2024 USNI News
“About 800 American servicemembers are in Syria assisting the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.”
Related:
Never Forget The Aftermath of Sept 11th, 2001
Reagan Sent Marines To Lebanon