The Future of the U.S. Military: Dan Rather Presents, Part 3

Legendary CBS reporter Dan Rather explores the future direction of the U.S. military interviewing retired Colonel Douglas Macgregor to get the real truth about the current Counter-Insurgency (COIN) mentality being used to expand military bureaucracies while bankrupting the nation on needless occupations.

In this segment, Rather begins by hearing out USAF MG Dunlop's contention that more Army boots-on-the-ground (BOG) will only add costs and expose troops to enemy land mine and sniper attacks and population control can be better done using unmanned sensors and aircraft bombardment.

Full transcript of the show is on our web site below:

http://www.douglasmacgregor.com

Find out where the Iraq Debacle began!

http://www.warriorsrage.com

On 26 February 1991, cavalry troops of ""Cougar Squadron,"" the 2nd Squadron of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, charged out of a sandstorm during Operation Desert Storm and caught Iraq's Republican Guard Corps in the open desert along the North-South grid line of a military map referred to as the ""73 Easting."" Taken by surprise, the defending Iraqi armor brigade was swept away in salvos of American tank and missile fire in what became the U.S. Army's largest tank battle since World War II.

Douglas Macgregor, the man who trained and led Cougar Squadron into battle, recounts two stories. One is the inspiring tale of the valiant American soldiers, sergeants, lieutenants, and captains who fought and won the battle. The other is a story of failed generalship, one that explains why Iraq's Republican Guard escaped, ensuring that Saddam Hussein's regime survived and America's war with Iraq dragged on.

Certain to provoke debate, this is the latest book from the controversial and influential military veteran whose two previous books, Breaking the Phalanx and Transformation Under Fire, are credited with influencing thinking and organization inside America's ground forces and figure prominently in current discussions about military strategy and defense policies. Its fast-moving battle narrative, told from the vantage point of Macgregor's Abrams tank, and its detailed portraits of American soldiers, along with vivid descriptions of the devastating technology of mounted warfare, will captivate anyone with a taste for adventure as well as an interest in contemporary military history.

Douglas Macgregor, Colonel, USA (Ret.), is a decorated combat veteran with a PhD in international relations from the University of Virginia. He is the author of Breaking the Phalanx and Transformation under Fire and is a frequent guest on television and radio news shows. He is the lead partner of the Potomac League, LLC, in Reston, VA.

Praise for his Transformation Under Fire:

""Transformation Under Fire offers a strident critique of recent Army transformation efforts while also providing the reader a comprehensive vision of near-term changes within the Department of Defense that could truly enhance our military's ability to conduct joint expeditionary operations. . . . Essential reading for military professionals and for those with oversight of defense programs.""Army Magazine

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[makeutap77]

This Cournal Douglas Macgregor is the first person to make sense of our military inefficiency.We have 750,000 active troops but just about 175,000 in Iraq and less than 100,000 in Afghanistan and we seem to be hurting for manpower.OUr troops are in Iceland right now doing maneuvers and drills under a 4 star General manning his post.That's right the prommotion of 100's of generals mandates a post and a force to preside over to massage his ego.Our troops are spread thin because of these Generals

[Megan1234595]

thats funny we have a large military but nothing to do with it XD were at war but not even half of owr troops are there i guess owr leaders dont care lol cracks me up

[shadowhunter388]

@methanedirigible Haha EU can't even talk to each other without arguing or fighting. They think they work together when the fact is, is that they can't get along. Even though people of the EU country's don't like us their governments do tho.

[philnopatience]

thats terrible to think about you should read Tom Clancys EndWar good read and give insite on what the future may bring.

[methanedirigible]

I know how to relieve this stress. Stop starting wars! For Christ's sake just stop! The world has had enough with American foreign policy! The arrogance, the inhumanity. We have had enough.

I often wonder if the EU is just some master plan to take out America and its reign of terror once and for all.

[Jordan22473]

Dan rather is CFR member.