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By Ammoland

By John Farnam

Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)-

“History assures us there are no ‘invincible’ armies.” ~ Joe Stalin

“An army lacking courageous, audacious leaders, top to bottom, is little more than an aimless horde of tourists! As dark clouds gather on the world stage, we discover anew that you can’t “manage” men into battle.

You have to lead them!” ~ Anon

In 1980, I was a young Army captain (reserve), and I had the honor and privilege of attending Army Command and General Staff College in Ft Leavenworth, KS.

In those days, our Army had, and jealously maintained, the capacity to simultaneously wage a “two-and-a-half-theater” war. We could adequately project military power onto two, separate theaters, with enough left over to sustain an independent military side-show.

Over the next three decades, that proud (and necessary) capability disgracefully degenerated to barely “one-and-a-half-theater” strength.

And now, our Army’s Chief of Staff warned Congress, with a straight face, that we are now way short of even …Read the Rest

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