David Kilcullen: Fighting U.S. Military Might

The U.S. is unbeatable in conventional warfare. "So the very power of the United States forces anybody that wants to fight us to fight us in non-conventional ways," says Kilcullen, "which means that we may have in the U.S. military the most perfectly developed, highly adapted, expensive military in history, adapted for precisely the wrong kind of war, because everyone will be going around the superiority that we've established. "
This Carnegie Council event took place on May 6, 2009. For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to http://www.cceia.org

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[MajorCaliber]

Kudos!... I see Mr. Kilcullen has been reading William S. Lind and Martin Van Creveld.

Wait, is that a lamprey eel attached to my wallet? NO!... it's the US Military-Industrial-Congressio­nal-Complex, OUCH!

[wjwildcat]

another dillusional white man

[kilowhiskeyhotel]

Couldn't have said it better myself. The days of large technologically advanced nations engaging each other in open combat are over. Todays enemies are relevant to the times in which we live. Todays enemy may become tomorrows ally and visa versa. The same applies to the ever changing conditions of the battlefield.