Return to Article: Changes to Army's modernization program come amid congressional concern

by Megan Scully mscully@nationaljournal.com August 21, 2008
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    I see our Congress and Executive Branch have become reconciled to the idea of the United States no longer having the capability to play with the big boys. Restructuring the Army to fight insurgencies is nice, but I'm afraid that the big boys (Russia and China) didn't restructure THEIR armies. They still have the conventional warfare capability that our army no longer possesses. The dust-up between Russia and Georgia last week, and the on-going Iran nuclear situation make it perfectly clear that the rest of the world knows beyond the shadow of a doubt that the United States has returned to the paper tiger status that we enjoyed at the end of the Carter administration. Gentlemen, you don't remain a world power by allowing your defense manufacturing capability to be outsourced to other countries, and/or by not maintaining your armed forces at levels needed to back up your words. Let's face it, a small child can talk mean, but when it comes to a face-off with someone four times his size, he better have more than words to back himself up with.

    Larry R. Doane Posted August 22, 2008 8:45 AM

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Changes to Army's modernization program come amid congressional concern
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