though he admitted in the investigation having never been in actual combat, but had “commanded men who had been in combat”.
It’s stuff like this that makes me think the US army would just fall apart the instant they had to fight a peer competitor that could actually fight back.
At the minimum the officer corps would get shaken the fuck up real quick. Look at Syria. Initial losses and setbacks to ISIS. Desk pilots got tossed. Competence got rewarded. The SAA is pretty fucking battle hardened now.
It’s stuff like this that makes me think the US army would just fall apart the instant they had to fight a peer competitor that could actually fight back.
At the minimum the officer corps would get shaken the fuck up real quick. Look at Syria. Initial losses and setbacks to ISIS. Desk pilots got tossed. Competence got rewarded. The SAA is pretty fucking battle hardened now.