Future of War 2000: U.S. Army Needs M113 Gavin Light Tracks--not Stryker Trucks, Part 4 of 6

Traveling to West Point, FRONTLINE hears out the warnings of professor Fred Kagan that America cannot afford to be ill-prepared for war as befell the Europeans in the face of the Germans since there will be no one to rescue us from our madness if we chose stupid force structures and designs. The sound policy that America be able to win two major nation-state wars is being ignored in favor of sub-optimizing the entire Army to poorly do sub-national conflict (SNC) occupation racketeering for cash $$$ so we are headed for major disasters like the British/French did in the 19230s/30s:

http://www.combatreform.org/colonialairpower.htm

The warnings of this documentary ring true today: Americas Army needs an air-delivered, rapidly deployable, CAVALRY in high-technology, M113 Gavin and M8 Buford/Thunderbolt light tanks/APCs to prevail in SNCs as part of a specialized corps:

http://www.combatreform.org/johnpaulvann.htm

As well as lead the way with 3D maneuver for the medium M2 Bradley infantry-carrying and heavy M1 Abrams gun-carrying tanks executing 2D maneuver in nation-state wars (NSWs). The question is will it take a fatal disaster of a Stryker truck brigade being wiped out (like their 1943 Kasserine Pass and 1950 Task Force Smith ancestors) at the hands of a capable foe like Hezbo or Iranian ATGM gunners backed by land mines blocking all available roads/trails and artillery to burst and ignite air-filled, rubber tires to end the Stryker wheeled cop madness? You cannot say the Army and DoD was not warned and offered better options.




Iraq War 1, battle of 73 Easting 2nd ACR veteran former Major John Hillen asks are we ready for what?. He warns that if we lose the first battles and then adapt, we could lose the war.

The irony is at the end of the video, Bush/Cheney come on pontificating that they will supply our troops better yet we know now they have done even more of the botched nation-building with light troops getting clobbered by land mines than even the most ardent Clintonista would ever dream of!

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