[Colin Glassey] Max Boot on the New American Way of War
Great essay by Max Boot which does an early analysis on the U.S. Iraq War of 2003. Mr. Boot wrote a book last year about the U.S. Military, he knows what he is talking about. Bottom line: the U.S. military really has figured out a new way to fight. The impossible is now possible for us. But there are still ways we can improve and we need a larger army. Also, both the Air Force and the Navy need to rethink what they are spending their money on. Supporting the Army should be far more important to them.
Phil Carter of the blog Intel Dump has a nice set of essays. I liked his summary of problems for Donald Rumsfeld.
Germany backs down, looks like they might be allies after all. I missed this Op-Ed piece in the New York Times by Prime Minister Schroder. He says:
It is true that Germany and the United States disagreed on how best to deal with Saddam Hussein's regime. There is no point in continuing this debate. We should now look toward the future. We must work together to win the peace. The United Nations must play a central role. The international community has a key interest in ensuring that stability and democracy are established as quickly as possible in Iraq. The international mission needs greater legitimacy in order to accelerate the process leading to a government acting on its own authority in Iraq.
In addition to its current military involvement in Afghanistan, the Balkans and elsewhere, Germany is willing to provide humanitarian aid, to assist in the civilian and economic reconstruction of Iraq and to train Iraqi security forces.
Sounds like a back-down to me. Looks like we were right to treat Germany differently from France.
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