Military Facing “Strategic Peril”
That's according to retired General Barry McCaffrey.
From Reuters:
"The disastrous state of the U.S. military is putting the country in strategic peril, a retired U.S. general said on the eve of a showdown between President George W. Bush and Democrats over paying for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. . . .
"McCaffrey, who returned last month from a trip to Iraq and Afghanistan, condemned Pentagon policies he said had left the U.S. Army too small, with its equipment in disarray and lacking a fallback position should a challenge come from somewhere like Iran, Syria or North Korea. . . .
"'It is my judgment we are in a position of strategic peril that is going to take us three to five years to get out of,' McCaffrey said."
One of those policies is surely "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." With 11,000 men and women dismissed (and counting), there's no denying that the loss of manpower under this law has cost our armed forces dearly.
Other high-ranking military officers are on the record supporting repeal. Will General McCaffrey follow?
- Steve RallsLabels: in the news
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