Can The US Army Fight Another War

Photo: Army chief of staff, Gen. George Casey

From DoD Buzz:

The Army chief of staff, Gen. George Casey, said the Army, stretched by eight years of war in two distant theaters, would find it difficult to cope with another conflict such as Korea.

Casey said in remarks at the Brookings Institution today that the Army would have to “freeze” forces in Iraq should fighting break out in another theater and could manage an “80 percent solution” to such a threat. He said that would rise to about 90 percent “when Iraq draws down.”

Casey also said he is “a little disappointed” that some lessons learned in Iraq are not being speedily implemented in the Afghan theater.

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My Comment: I am sure that if another war breaks out .... the US will be able to effectively respond by drawing down their forces in Iraq (and Afghanistan) in a quick and timely matter. Of course .... if Iraq and Afghanistan should then break out into all out warfare while this is happening .... US forces will be stretched.