Flower power: cuts in military forces have left the United States dangerously unprepared for war.

From: National Review | Date: December 23, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

Cuts in military power since 1990 would make it nearly impossible to repeat the striking US victory in the Persian Gulf War. Military budgets have decreased 35% since 1985, and funds are increasingly directed to non-military programs.

Cuts in military forces have left the United States dangerously unprepared for war.

SIX years ago half a million Americans were in the Persian Gulf theater, preparing to unleash Desert Storm. When the sword was finally drawn, Allied aircraft began pounding Iraqi forces, as one air commander noted, "like a tethered goat." And when land forces attacked, ...

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