--- Damon Agretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking iof bolstering the numbers in the Army, I > just saw this on CNN.com today: > http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/29/sprj.nirq.army.strength/index.html > > Damon
Damon, have you read _Breaking the Phalanx_? This seems to be at least a little inspired by that book, judging by the concluding paragraphs. If you have, what did you think of it? I'm kind of an agnostic on increasing the size of the military. Historically, I think, military reform only happens during times of great stress. Usually that's budget cutbacks (for example, the American military during the budget cutbacks of the 1930s invented amphibious warfare and strategic bombing), but since those aren't too likely, I'm not sure (from an abstract standpoint - obviously the strain on the force is considerable and something we have to take into account) that the pressure from this sort of deployment isn't a little helpful in spurring the pace of reform. The military bureaucracy is so resistant to change (for good reasons - that's a positive, not a normative statement) that something like that might be the only way to force them to accept it. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
