Troop levels in Iraq and Syria may go up - Here we go again

This is a great post.
Why do you think that is?

The enemy we fight is not threatening enough to implement total war, for one. They're a threat, but not actually an existential threat. No one is going to cross either ocean and land on our shores. No one that hates us enough actually has ICBMs that can touch us.

Total war is blatantly immoral and there is no sugar coating it anymore. The vast majority of the public simply won't be able to stomach it. A draft would be political suicide in 2018. And even if there was a draft the population will not tolerate the growing casualty figures that would result from sending less seasoned troops to battle.

It seem pretty obvious after nearly 20 years we cannot occupy these territories with a purely volunteer force. Take care of Afghanistan, Iraq explodes into Syira, take care of Syria and Iraq, then Afghanistan deteriorates.
 
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