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I was refering to the Future Combat System and the STRYKER Brigades initiated by Gen Shinseki. I was one of those who thought the occupation force was too small. From a strategic standpoint, there was no other choice. After 11 Sept, Saddam had become an intolerable strategic threat and not...

In the end, that's all that matters. No matter how successful the military operations, if the political objectives are not achieved, then it was a waste of lives. The current situation is that we have not capitalized on the victory and subsequent highs (2 joyous elections and a brand new...

My expertise in the matter comes from having served in UNPROFOR and watching the exact thing happened and at times help make it happened or did people forget about ethnic cleansing? Guerrilla warfare is a coward's way to fight. They hide behind women skirts and bottle sucking babies. Get rid of...

I am more than qualified to answer that, having seen the worst of a civil war. You, however, are a damned idiot to pretend to know more than me. The centre of gravity for guerrilla warfare has been known for over 5000 years. It's women and children. Get rid of them and the guerrilla disappears.

And the problem with that is that Generals are always preparing to fight the last war. One of the most discouraging things that I see is that we're reducing emphasis on modern mech warfare and more on COIN ops. The last real attempt at visioning the future was done by General Eric Shinseki...

You do know that even Generals have to earn their paycheques. Harping on a doctrine that doesn't work is the quickest way to get fired ... as happened after the 1st Sino-VN War. Compare to past occupations, it is leisure. Casualties are a historic low in both theatres. Whether there's a will to...

Kv, To be clear. One of the most distinct disadvantages of the People's War and why it cannot be abandoned fast enough by the PLA is that you have to lose a war before you can start fighting it. The enemy must come into your home before you can start booby trapping your own toilet, poisoning...

Kv, I've been a Cao fan ever since he tore up the old LOG system and replaced it with good old fashion inventory control. He is perhaps the most realistic visionary since Lin Bao. The context of the 20 year quote was a speech given to a bunch of Officer Cadets. It was an assessment...

Jeeze! It seems that a fantastic story, no matter how unbelievable, is somehow true. The man was not even a soldier, let alone served in Iraq. He was rejected by the USArmy as being unfit before he even completed recruit course. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Macbeth

Not sino-defence but I was a co-founder and moderator at China-Defense.

He actually stated 20 years about 5 years ago. His goal in 20 years time is to produce a modern officer corps; not even a modern army but an officer corps. And from what I've seen especially of Blue Army exercises, yes, the PLA is some 15 years behind my army.

There's Kevlar and then, there's Kevlar. I've seen Chinese body armour under test. I rather have Canadian.

Hehehehehahahahahaha, Neo, I think I will visit this forum more if only to keep it more honest. There IS NO WAY a 2 year PLA conscript is EVER going to match a 4 year Western professional contract. And the two most powerful Chinese Army Groups are the 38th and 39th Group Armies. I have been...

So now, I can't judge military matters and call a spade a spade? The good Captain was right. Enjoy your forum. It's damned obvious that this is not a place for military.

So? Australia is still a 1000 times more combat capable than Saudi Arabia. And at least half those planes are being flown by instructors, ada mercs. Double that 160,000 and I will take Australia's 50,000 over those rascals anyday. Yeah, and most of them are rusting in the desert. The...

Well, how about this? The Pak Army actually put up a fight. It's called discipline. Something which the Saudis don't have. YOU'VE GOT TO BE CRAPPING ME!!!! The Austalians have conducted and is still is conducting combat operations across the globe. The Saudis couldn't even handle their...

I remembered driving up to the gate at the base. I saw the weapon muzzle has not been cleaned in I don't know how long. I remarked to my guide that I wouldn't fire that weapon. His reply was don't worry, he doesn't have any bullets.

No, as in they were Pakistani Army assigned by Islamabad to the KSA. As in they were Pakistani soliders trained and paid for by Pakistan, not the KSA. How about this? When compared to the Pak Army, the Saudis still suck. Would the Pak Army let a $mil piece of equipment rust in the desert...

After the Kuwait War. You mean to surrender. The best soldiers the Saudis ever had was wearing Pakistani uniforms. In the West, we usually have 3 different types of soldiers. Our top 3rd usually do the job by themselves without any supervision. Our middle 3rd, just show them how to do the...

As I stated before, you have no idea what an officer is.