07-30-2008, 08:12 AM
flyersfantn Wrote:scooterfanatic Wrote:I don't think our military is number one in the world. I think they're very good and very well-trained, but I think if we ended up in a war with China for example, there is a very real possibility of them cleaning our clocks. It's good to have pride in your armed forces, but as the Bible says "pride is before a crash." We've had our victories and our humiliations. It's important to avoid not just underestimating the enemy, but overestimating our ability as well.
I see our armed forces as beeing tooled and trained (for the most part) to fight regimented enemies, the formal armies of other nations. We won the American Revolution against a military power with far greater training, tactics, and overall fire power using guerilla tactics. There is hardly any defense against a roadside bomb or people shooting at you from deep cover. Going up against that is why it takes a hell of a lot of guts to be a soldier.
Like I said, be proud of your soldiers, just don't delude yourself into thinking they're invincible.
the defense against roadside bombs is better armor as well as other tools implemented that I cant really discuss, becuase I'm not sure if it's a violation of opsec or not.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/apr/24/iraq.world
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