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Originally Posted by dahermit
The American army has many strengths, but also several weaknesses that you have pointed out. It is arguably the best equipped army in the world, but it has the glaring weakness of not being able to sustain an indefinite war. Also, unlike WWII when we had the greatest industrial capacity in the world, I doubt if our manufacturing capability could produce the goods required during that conflict now. Nevertheless, industrial capacity more than luck determined the victors in WWI and WWII.
Furthermore, changing from compulsive military service to a smaller all volunteer army may not have been the best course of events.
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No disrespect, but it is not the US Military that has a weakness for sustaining an indefinite war, that weakness falls upon the Civilian side of the balance.
If one drafts a person more suited for Basketball onto a Baseball Team, can one really expect this person to be a better Baseball Player?
I don't think so. One because there is a different need and quite possibly a desire between Baseball and Basketball, and like an Involuntary Draft into Military Service results might not be as good as opposed to one that desired to be in the Military.
IMHO