U.S. military shortages
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Since WW II it has been U.S. policy to maintain a military capable of fighting two wars at the same time. While we fought in Korea and fought the war in Vietnam we also had forces prepared to defend Western Europe from Soviet aggression. Since the end of major U.S. combat involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan the question is whether the weakened military with its tired equipment and weapons has recovered sufficiently to return to that two-front policy.
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