TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Military leaders are seldom the “sharpest tools in the shed.” They are narrow minded. Their focus is on one thing and one thing only, ‘how to fight the next war.’ I should have said “two things,” the second being how much money they will receive each year from congress. Therefore, I doubt that the Pentagon will learn from their last four defeats by far less costly and numerous forces they promised to defeat quickly and with minimum effort. If we go back to WWII, the last war in which the military of the United States could honestly claim victory, the same lessons we should have learned from Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq apply. In the 21 st century, wars will not be won by force. Hitler’s ambition was world domination. Allies who refused to accept rule by fascism united to defeat the Nazi armies and save millions of people around the world from being forced to bow to a ruthless, fascist dictator. If WWII taught governments and military leaders anything, ...