US military 'weak,' unable to win a single war: American think tank

[beijingwalker]

US military 'weak,' unable to win a single war: American think tank​

Wednesday, 19 October 2022 1:15 AM

An American think tank rates the US military's current level of capability as "weak," saying the force is incapable of winning a single war against archrivals China and Russia, let alone two concurrent ones.

The New York Post daily published excerpts of the report prepared by the Washington-based Heritage Foundation on Tuesday.

The foundation's assessment only appraised the Marine Corps as “strong,” while giving the Army a “marginal” rating, evaluating the Space Force and Navy as “weak,” and finding the Air Force to be “very weak.”

"[T]he current US military force is at significant risk of not being able to meet the demands of a single major regional conflict,” the report lamented, adding, "The force...is certainly ill-equipped to handle two nearly simultaneous [major conflicts]."

The right-wing foundation blamed, what it called, years of underfunding and “poorly defined priorities” for the military's becoming “weak relative to the force needed to defend national interests on the global stage."

As many as "20 years of operations" had taken its toll on the force, the report said, referring to the United States' invasions across the world, especially in the West Asia region, over the past decades.

It referred to the country's inflation as another major factor that was costing the military dearly. "At present, the [US President Joe Biden] administration’s proposed defense budget for [fiscal year] 2023 falls far short of what the services need to regain readiness and to replace aged equipment,” the report said, “and Congress’s intention to increase the proposed budget by 5[%] accounts for barely half of the current rate of inflation, which is nearing 10[%]."

Amid the already dire situation, the possibility of two-front fighting had increased, the think tank said, citing Russia's February-present military operation in Ukraine and, what it called, China's becoming "increasingly aggressive" in the Pacific.

"In the aggregate, the United States’ military posture can only be rated as 'weak,'" the foundation concluded.

US military weak, unable to win a single war: American think tank

An American think tank rates the US military

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[tower9]

Gimme mo money

 

[beijingwalker]

Gimme mo money

Think tanks are research institutions, don't get money from defence budget.

 

[K_Bin_W]

It's true US cannot win a war 1000s of miles from its borders, l bet you it can against Somalia, Burundi, Madagascar and a few more.

Question is if Russia or China takes the war to US what then.

 

[Menthol]

I think the USA military is strong enough.

But the war tactic is already different.

Using the old hardware, even Russia is struggling in Ukraine, and so does USA in Afghanistan.

Today and future war need different tools.

 

[aviator_fan]

Think tanks are research institutions, don't get money from defence budget.

Listen ignorant: think tanks are funded by vested interests to give a view point that changes public opinion and policy to direct money towards that cause

Its not the world of Xi where one guy gets up and goes 'no private tuition, and Ali Baba can't get bigger than x billion'.

 

[etylo]

Yeah, crying for more money from the congress as usual, they probably want to collect more royalties from Japan, Korean, Germany, Italy and other allies.

 

[beijingwalker]

Listen ignorant: think tanks are funded by vested interests to give a view point that changes public opinion and policy to direct money towards that cause

Its not the world of Xi where one guy gets up and goes 'no private tuition, and Ali Baba can't get bigger than x billion'.

Listen ignorant, read the article again, does the organization sound like having anything to do with the defence industry? who do you think you are to make such a conlusion?
As for Xi, you just know nothing about China, Xi might doesn't like a idea, but if the majority of the standing committee think it's, it's passed and adopted, this is how the central government works in China, you don't have to be so eager to show your ignorance here.

 

[gambit]

Another bandwidth wasting thread on the same article. I guess you really need that 10c per thread salary.

 

[beijingwalker]

It's true US cannot win a war 1000s of miles from its borders, l bet you it can against Somalia, Burundi, Madagascar and a few more.

Question is if Russia or China takes the war to US what then.

China is not a war mongerer like US

Another bandwidth wasting thread on the same article. I guess you really need that 10c per thread salary.

Then how much do you think I make from all my posts added together based on that rate, and do I get paid for posts about US？ lol, you are trolling again, what's your pay rate?

 

[gambit]

Then how much do you think I make from all my posts added together based on that rate, and do I get paid for posts about US？ lol, you are trolling again, what's your pay rate?

It is too bad that you guys abuse your privileges on this forum. But I guess without Chinese participation, this forum would be near coma so I guess the admin staff has to give you guys a lot of leeway.

 

[beijingwalker]

It is too bad that you guys abuse your privileges on this forum. But I guess without Chinese participation, this forum would be near coma so I guess the admin staff has to give you guys a lot of leeway.

Trolling and calling fellow PDF users paid bots is a privilege of you? isn't it against the forum rule?

But I guess without Chinese participation, this forum would be near coma so I guess the admin staff has to give you guys a lot of leeway.

It's actually true, if you go to post China positive posts in western forums , you get perm banned in no time, western forums only allow one voice, China is bad. so much for their hypocritical freedom of speech. here in this forum , different voices are allowed, either pro China or against China, this is good. actually I personally like to talk with people who are against China.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Think tanks are research institutions, don't get money from defence budget.

Just money from defense contractors to do their marketing

An American think tank rates the US military's current level of capability as "weak," saying the force is incapable of winning a single war against archrivals China and Russia, let alone two concurrent ones.

As if Russia is showing some kind of strength in Ukraine?? They don't even have air superiority yet...over 6 months after the start!!!!!

Also remember Russia is right next door to them so they don't even have a logistics issue. This is a a pathetic showing at best. What could be an easier scenario for them?

 

[beijingwalker]

It is too bad that you guys abuse your privileges on this forum.

Did you get banned by contributing positive news about US? So China must be bad, positive info is not allowed? this is not a western forum which anything positive about China is deleted or not allowed.

 

[K_Bin_W]

China is not a war mongerer like US

I never said that but you missed the whole point, US cannot win from 1000s of miles but can it win if the war was taken to US?