"Dale" wrote in message
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On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 17:53:59 GMT, (Henry Spencer)
wrote:

(And in reaction to the botched mess that resulted from this approach, the
post-Vietnam military reorganized responsibilities -- notably, moving
important specialties entirely into the reserves -- specifically to make
it *impossible* to fight another war, even a small one, without mobilizing
the reserves.)

That doesn't seem to be working out too well with public opinion either.

It worked out well in 90-91, but of course that war had limited objectives,
a limited duration, and the basic rational for it was consistent from day
one of the deployments. (Prevent Iraq from invading Saudi Arabia, and then
expell them from Kuwait.) There are a lot of guard and reserve units which
are deploying at nearly the same pace as the standing army, and it is really
hurting retention.