US Military Severely Strained

"We ought to pay more attention to quality," said retired Lieutenant General Gregory Newbold, who retired from the Joint Chiefs of Staff in part over objections to the invasion of Iraq, at a panel during a conference to release the data. From Republican presidential hopeful Senator John McCain to President George W Bush, politicians regularly speak on the military from a position of authority. They know, they contend, that despite the two ongoing wars, the US is ready to deal with new threats militarily if need be. "I'm sorry to tell you, there's going to be other wars," said McCain at a campaign stop last month. "We will never surrender but there will be other wars." But the officers surveyed implied that military options against future threats may not be - as politicians from across the spectrum have intimated - "on the table". "Asked whether it was reasonable or unreasonable to expect the US military to successfully wage another war at this time," said the report, "80 percent of the officers say that it is unreasonable." ... http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JB21Ak05.html

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