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March 28, 2007
While Democrats Run Scared
by Jack Lee
Pentagon public information revealed the U.S. military numbers about 1.2 million with less than 12% deployed to Iraq. The best military analysts says this leaves ample numbers free to handle regional global conflicts without overtaxing our soldiers. Although this number is deemed completely adequate by the military it is about 32% less than the total number of forces we had at the begining of the first Gulf war in 1991. This reflects the new military model of fewer, but better trained forces. And those forces use the world'a best high-tech weaponry that is specifically designed to limit our combat losses while inflicting maximum casualties on the enemy.
Today's combat is ideally suited to special operations that are composed of relatively small numbers of highly trained soldiers specifically tasked to recruit and use indiginus personnel. A prime example of this was in the easy defeat of the Taliban. A few hundred special forces soldiers directed the Northern Alliance Army and routed the Taliban long before traditional forces arrived on the scene. The combination of these highly skilled forces on the ground and massive, but focused air strikes overwhelmed the formidable resistance and had tens of thousands fleeing in all directions in a chaotic, if not hysterical rush to escape a few hundred advancing U.S. Special Forces.
As the defeated Taliban struggle to re-enter the country over the Tora Bora mountains for hit and run terrorists attacks on isolated villages, the Army's Special Forces has once again been called in and inflicted extremely heavy losses on the enemy. By anyone's measure this has been nothing short of one staggering victory after another, from fire fight to fire fight the Taliban has lost every single encounter with US Army Special Forces. And this is given the numerical supperiorty and the familar terrain that should favor the Taliban in direct small arms contests.
Posted by Post Scripts at March 28, 2007 09:56 AM
Comments
US Special Forces is the only unit in the military dedicated to fighting an insurgency or counter insurgency operation.
Given our current situation, and the fact that overwhelming military force prevents perspective opponents from taking on our military head on, such expertise is vital to national security.
Such a force also provides a very cost effective option. Due to the nature of SF operations, they are also highly conducive to local vs. US control in a post war scenario.
Despite these facts, and their demonstrated effects in Afghanistan, there are still many who refuse to give them the responsibility, and tactical freedom necessary to bring about the full benefits such a force can bring about.
Posted by: Nick Freitas at March 28, 2007 02:27 PM