None of this is new. None of it. We pointed to it in 2018, 2014 and even earlier. Heck, NATO barely made it through the Libya operation in 2011. Hell, after Desert Fox we knew we had a precision weapons numbers problem.
Gates, Craddock, and others all tried – in polite ways – to warn the present what they were risking – but even they only did it out the door when it had the least impact.
You see, there is recommended protocol. We can’t upset people. They might call people who will write nasty articles about you that your neighbors will read. “Work inside the system” – that is they way…but really, it never is. It only perpetuates inadequacy.
Little was done. The future is now … and it isn’t some transformed tomorrow-land. The gods of the natsec copybook heading were right. They’re right here – standing on our toes and breathing in our face.
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