The Bottom Line On Defense Sequestration: Warfighters Will Die
07.15.2013 at 08:24pm
The Bottom Line On Defense Sequestration: Warfighters Will Die – Forbes Op-Ed by Loren Thompson.
… What the defense secretary is saying is that if defense sequestration stays on track, U.S. forces could be defeated in future wars, and more warfighters than necessary might die. Maybe thousands. Maybe tens of thousands. Why? Because the force will not be trained and equipped to the level required to prevail against technologically advanced adversaries. You know — the kind of adversaries who haven’t been challenging us lately because America’s military has the best training and technology in the world…
