Also crazy how the US is still so hyperfocused on Russia and China as their enemies. If anything causes WW3, it's most likely going to be this weird cultural fetish with having enemies.
Its not a brilliant diplomatic position to just exclaim "these are our adversaries".
You dont see an American villain in every Russian movie, so why the other way around? Why is the US fetishizing this hatred so much? Is it that much fun?
Either way not the best report I've ever skimmed over. I expected a bit more factual and a bit less whining.
The personal commitment made by troops sent to Iraq and Afghanistan was beyond WW2 levels https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/...
> The Army retains very little unutilized capacity to deploy additional active component soldiers without lengthening deployments or shortening the time between deployments, both of which increase the burden on those who have already deployed.