Officers: U.S. military stretched 'dangerously thin' - a CNN story
Submitted by swiatlo on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 16:57
The Iraq war has strained U.S. forces to the point where they could not fight another large-scale war, according to a survey of military officers.
Of those surveyed, 88 percent believe the demands of the Iraq war have "stretched the U.S. military dangerously thin."
On the other hand, 56 percent of the officers disagree that the war has "broken" the military.
Eighty percent of officers believe it is unreasonable to expect the U.S. military to wage another major war successfully at present.
Foreign Policy magazine and the Center for a New American Security on Tuesday issued the U.S. Military Index, a survey of 3,400 present and former U.S. military officers.
Full story at CNN:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/19/military.surve...
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