Joe Biden’s Global Posture Review Was a Nothingburger
By
Dakota Wood
Published
10 hours ago
Last month, the Biden administration released its Global Posture Review, billed as an assessment of how the U.S. should “best allocate military forces in pursuit of national interests.”
Unfortunately, “released” is an overstatement. What the Administration provided was a 500-word overview of the review’s general conclusions rather than the review itself.
The overview offered the public assurances that the military’s posture was either already appropriate or would be enhanced a bit—a squadron of helicopters here and a new task force command element there—so as to “strengthen posture decision-making processes, improve DoD’s global response capability, and inform the draft of the next National Defense Strategy.” Among the initiatives cited were the permanent stationing of what had been a rotational attack helicopter squadron in South Korea, two new headquarters elements totaling 500 soldiers in Germany, the continuation of various support activities to allies and partners undertaken by the Trump administration, and the initiation of additional reviews of U.S. requirements in the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas.
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/12/joe-bidens-global-posture-review-was-a-nothingburger/
