[QUOTE] Originally posted by GePap
yah, well we have a military that wasnt built for that kind of thing - whole approach in the '90s was winning wars from 50,000 feet and letting others worry about clean up on the ground. And the Bushies continued that approach till 9/11 and even after - despite their tendency to blame strategic overstretch on the Dems, fact is they werent doing anything to increase the number of groundpounders. See we simply arent set up for empire building, cause thats NOT our policy. I presume a China that wanted to go in big for expansion could manage to build the necessary military. also they might be less constrained by various niceties in dealing with insurgents than we are.
They could do more by consolidating their military industries across national lines. If they are really commited to the post nation state approach they might do that.
No, the expansionist policy is no longer viable due to cost. In 1922 the UK, after a horribly long war, was able to take and subjugate Iraq and make it a puppet.
yah, well we have a military that wasnt built for that kind of thing - whole approach in the '90s was winning wars from 50,000 feet and letting others worry about clean up on the ground. And the Bushies continued that approach till 9/11 and even after - despite their tendency to blame strategic overstretch on the Dems, fact is they werent doing anything to increase the number of groundpounders. See we simply arent set up for empire building, cause thats NOT our policy. I presume a China that wanted to go in big for expansion could manage to build the necessary military. also they might be less constrained by various niceties in dealing with insurgents than we are.
No one has ever said the current policy was a problem, but obviosuly many European governments feel thier ability to maintain independent military industries is important enough to seek out the markets that will allow their companies to avoid being swallowed by US conglomerates or disppear from competition.
They could do more by consolidating their military industries across national lines. If they are really commited to the post nation state approach they might do that.
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