Comment by BJones12
20 hours ago
I suspect this is why it's good for the USA to be constantly at war. If you're only at war occasionally, you forget how to make war and can lose. If you're at war constantly, you'll remember how to do it.
20 hours ago
I suspect this is why it's good for the USA to be constantly at war. If you're only at war occasionally, you forget how to make war and can lose. If you're at war constantly, you'll remember how to do it.
This is why the US Army did so much humanitarian relief. Their logistics infrastructure was constantly in use.
To some people, it looks like a lot of wasted money.
To judge by the US Army's on-line official histories - they have considerable institutional memory of how much better it is to fight when the locals view you positively, vs. negatively.
Tragically, there is some truth to this.