Is America’s military headed down the same path as Russia’s?

[rebewranger]

Is America’s military headed down the same path as Russia’s?

Master Sgt. Jonathan Young
Lt. Gen. David Deptula (ret.)
May 17, 2022·4 min read
 
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s failure to rapidly defeat a much smaller foe is not just a failure of strategy, but an overestimation of his military’s capability, training and prowess. U.S. leaders need to take a hard look in the mirror and question whether we are treading similar ground with a set of military capabilities too small and too old given current threats.

American leaders are fond of saying ours is the best military in the world. They fail to realize that key elements of our forces have shrunk by half since our last clear-cut victory: 1991′s Operation Desert Storm. Furthermore, the U.S. has been unfocused on great power competition for over three decades as it overprioritized and overspent on counterinsurgency operations.

This means the United States is less able to deter conflict and fight to win if necessary. That is one reason why Putin felt emboldened to invade Ukraine. He sensed weakness in U.S. and NATO forces, and pressed forward with his aggression. We see the Chinese making similar calculations in the Pacific by seizing and militarizing neutral territory and flaunting international norms without an adequate U.S. response; freedom of navigation missions won’t cut it.

https://news.yahoo.com/america-military-headed-down-same-110000282.html

[rebewranger]

I wouldn't say we're not.  With an Alzheimer infected POTUS, and a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs with optical rectalitis (where you have you're head buried up your *ss and have a sh*tty outlook on life) we are headed in that direction.

[rustynail]

In high heels.

[Fishrrman]

At the rate we're going, we'll end up in WORSE shape.

The Russian military is out-of-shape because of laziness and inattention. Poor training, poor equipment maintenance, etc.

Our military is headed for the pits due to a political agenda that seems deliberately intended to weaken it. If successful, our problems will become much more difficult to overcome.

[sneakypete]

@rangerrebew

Yup,all you have to do is take note of the posing weasel named Miley,and the fact that West Point is accepting,AND graduating cadets that are openly supporters of the old Soviet Union. To the point that a few years ago several graduating cadets pulled off their jackets after the commissioning ceremony to reveal "hammer and sickle" t-shirts under the WP cadet uniform.