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should be clear that the Global War on Terror (GWOT) launched by George
W. Bush and perpetuated by Barack Obama is a bust. It is now the
longest war in US history; it is now the second most expensive war in US history; and there is no light at the end of the tunnel.
Yet despite the GWOT’s astronomical cost, forces deployed and combat tempos
are minuscule when compared the those of the far lower cost Viet Nam
War. Nevertheless, the top uniformed and civilian officials in the
Pentagon are whining to Congress that these tepid tempos have created a
looming readiness crisis. They assert the relatively small cutbacks in the future growth implied by the budget caps of Budget Control Act of 2011 to what is by far the largest defense budget in the world is now the “gravest strategic danger” facing the United States! http://chuckspinney.blogspot.com/2016/04/pentagon-gong-show.html
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