06-01-2020, 03:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-02-2020, 04:38 AM by Bob Butler 54.)
(06-01-2020, 09:32 AM)David Horn Wrote: I can't think of many sources more biased than Dinesh D'Souza -- not even the cast of characters from the Project for the New American Century.
Agreed. The Project for the New American Century was enthusiastic that the US Military could take on most anyone, anywhere in a conventional fight with tanks, front lines, troops wearing uniforms, air forces, etc... They were pretty much correct in this. Their mistake was trying to extrapolate that the US was good at handling insurgencies. The Pentagon warned that a much higher troop level would be required for clean victory in an insurgency, but the politicians would not provide the troops required. This and a callous disregard for the local's lives which led the the insurgency developing resulted in a destabilized Middle East and a reluctance by the US to put boots on the ground. While this was clearly not a classic crisis war by US standards, it seems to have created the war reluctance traditionally associated with crisis wars. A lot of years of overloading one's regulars and reserves to no effect would do that.
One could see what the New American Century people were getting at. Their mistakes were big ones but few.
Dinesh?
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
