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Originally Posted by Tubbs
I don't know if this is a good thing, or a bad thing, or how its going to play itself out.
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The devil will be in the details, however it is not necessarily the size but the right mix of forces as well as adjustments in other agencies to meet properly identified threats and potential plausible requirements. The military is only one part of the equation in the complexities of exercising national power to protect and advance our national interests and other than in time of threats to vital national interests should not normally be the lead agent. IMHO we did not use the right mix of what we had available when this adventure started, nor did we exercise the all the appropriate tools at our disposal primarily because of political agendas and ignorance. We have the right resources but we never seem to have the political or popular will to use them because as a nation we are basically dumber than farm dirt when it comes to looking outside of our own borders or into the minds of others who just don't seem to
understand "our values or way of life".