[tonycavanagh]

what is your take on this.

As I see it this is the most important thread on FreeRepublic it has had around 6 replies and not one has discussed the central issues, that this thread has raised.

It is leading America in a new more challenging direction.

Americans are going to learn more obscure foreign names for insurgents, towns countries politicians, they are going to get more involved in new and ancient conflicts.

The war on Terror is going global with new fronts going to be established on nearly every Continent.

[Cornpone]

We are engaged in WWIII and the West's MSM (US and Europe) refuse to recognize this fact even though the horrible body count of innocents grows daily. It is no longer an ideological war in the conventional sense. It is a cultural war and religion is the central cultural thread of our greatest enemies. It is not a conventional war but a global insurgency led by Islam's fascist 'Brown Shirts'. Unconventional threats require innovative thinking. We will never have enough 'boots' to put on the territory of all those who harbor our enemies. We have to counter with our own guerilla strategy. Perhaps this is the beginning.

[Wonder Warthog]

"As I see it this is the most important thread on FreeRepublic it has had around 6 replies and not one has discussed the central issues, that this thread has raised."

What's to discuss?? Pace is obviously right, and anyone with a brain understands he is.

[tonycavanagh]

Whats your take on this.

Will it be overstretch.

Can we gear a military organization to fighting a global war on terror with all the potential trouble spots from the Middle East to Africa, Central Asia the Caucasus and South East Asia, as well as still be able to maintain a credible fighting force to face a conventional threat such as China.

These operations will be small unit pacification type operations convoys patrols search and destroy ops.

With heavy emphasis on this type of training and with so many troops rotating how will this effect the Army's training for its more conventional role.

Also will the Army be able to afford equipment for both roles in sufficient numbers.