According to
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/12/1073877763863.html
A scathing report published by the Army War College criticises the
US's handling of the "war on terrorism", accusing it of taking a
detour into an unnecessary war in Iraq and pursuing an unrealistic
quest against terrorism that may lead to US wars with nations
posing no serious threat.
The report, by Professor Jeffrey Record, of the war college at
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, warns that as a result of those
mistakes, the US Army is "near breaking point".
....
Professor Record's chief criticism is that the Administration is
biting off more than it can chew.
He likened the US's ambitions in the war on terrorism to Hitler's
overreach in World War II. "A cardinal rule of strategy is to keep
your enemies to a manageable number," he said. "The Germans were
defeated in two world wars because their strategic ends outran
their available means."
The essay concluded with several recommendations, including one
that the US scale back its ambitions in Iraq and be prepared to
settle for a "friendly autocracy" there rather than a genuine
democracy.
This is a serious issue. I know both that the US Army does not want
the draft reinstalled, because the draft brings in people who are not
so good soldiers as they currently get, and that the Army is being
stressed by the size of the current deployments.
It looks to me that some kind of mobilization is necessary, whether a
sharp increase in army pay to attract more people (requiring much more
government spending) or a draft, perhaps with the draftees put into a
somewhat different catgory (like `peace keeper') so as not to clash
with current Army people.
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