“There is only one overriding standard for military capability: lethality.”
Many Americans, particularly our most senior politicians and military leaders, seem to have developed a form of dementia when it comes to warfare. The result is confusion or denial about the essential ingredients of a competent military force, and the costs of major power�conflict. The memory loss is largely irrespective of political bent because all too many are seduced by a�Hollywood-infused sense of antiseptic warfare�and push-button solutions, while�forgotten are the one million casualties of the Battle of the Somme in�World War I, or the almost two�million in the�Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.��