What we have is a military that hasn’t fought a major conventional foe since the Korean War. As I mentioned before it’s a military that has four generations of combat vets who only fought counterinsurgencies. Boomer generation of which general Keane is a part of fought in Vietnam. Gen X fought in Desert Storm, Afghanistan and Iraq again in 2003. Millennials combat vets fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. And Gen Z fought in Afghanistan. So you have 4 generations of this. The US military reminds me
Also in America the officer class in West Point are not that bright. You have the officers who think American primacy means America can fight Russia,China, North Korea,Iran and Venezuela at the same time while fighting Islamic terrorism. Primacy doesn’t mean invincibility though. They are the neo con types. There are the few officers are actually who are smart and try hard to prevent the US from fighting a major war because we would be exposed. For example there is a reason why the Pentagon had told numerous president administrations that war with Iran is a terrible idea. General Mattis is the only one who is a realist general. He hated Iran but he respected their prowess. Same thing with China. The US military reminds me of the British military before WW1. Was used to fighting low level colonial wars that once the Great War started the British military brass did brain dead moves like Gallipoli. The brass was so used to fighting colonial wars that they didn’t have the experience in waging a conventional war. I expect the same thing to happen whenever hostilities ever arise between the US and China. Only there won’t be a US equivalent to bail them out.
