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Tom Streithorst spent much of the last decade in Iraq and Afghanistan, as a news cameraman embedded with the American military. He provides an article at pieria.co.uk on Why the World’s Biggest Military Keeps Losing Wars.
Tom gives four reasons
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Tom Streithorst spent much of the last decade in Iraq and Afghanistan, as a news cameraman embedded with the American military. He provides an article at pieria.co.uk on Why the World’s Biggest Military Keeps Losing Wars.
Tom gives four reasons
1. Too much logistics, not enough combat.
They call it the tooth to tail ratio: the number of combat soldiers compared to the number in support roles. More than three-quarters of Americans in Iraq didn’t fight.
US mess halls had pecan pie, sweet ice tea, lobster and steak on Fridays, all shipped halfway around the globe. The logistical tail was wagging the combat dog. In Afghanistan, the Americans had to pay off the Taliban so the supplies could get through.
Donald Rumsfeld was right about one thing: the American military is too big and bulky. Special Forces are lean and mean and - not coincidentally - more successful.
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