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To: unclewest who wrote (76365)	10/10/2004 11:09:02 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) of 793743

Do you think they have no value in containing Iran, NK and China? None. We have more than enough strategic force to serve as a deterrent, and anything more than that is superfluous. The Soviet-era strategic force structure was designed to survive a full-fledged first strike, which is no longer an issue. The other force reductions were relevant only if you perceive the war on terror as a conventional war, which it isn't. The Iraq war was fought, essentially, by the Clinton-era military, which demonstrated that it is extraordinarily capable of doing what it was designed to do. Our problems in sustained occupation of territory stem more from our attempts to use the military in a function for which it was not designed. Our problem is not with the size or capability of our military forces, which are perfectly capable of performing any function they are likely to be called upon to perform. Our problem is with our insistence on treating an unconventional war in conventional terms, and trying to fight it with an inappropriate strategy.

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