bobbymike said:http://www.cnas.org/sites/default/files/publications-pdf/While%20We%20Can-151207.pdf
iverson said:bobbymike said:http://www.cnas.org/sites/default/files/publications-pdf/While%20We%20Can-151207.pdf
I think that the assumptions underlying this paper are flawed.
iverson said:Historically, American forces have only had a technological edge quite recently.
iverson said:Arguably, the main effect of that technical edge has been to encourage recklessness in our leadership. Technological advances make victory seem sure and losses and costs seem likely to be small. Hence the series of disastrous and pointless wars we have fought during my lifetime.