Coming to Terms With Our Strategic Inadequacies

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The article discusses the United States military's unmatched capabilities but highlights political leaders' ongoing failures to leverage this power strategically, using recent conflicts such as in Iran as examples. It critiques the inability to translate military superiority into broader geopolitical success.

The United States military is the most capable in the world. And yet, our political leaders have demonstrated an inability, across decades, to effectively utilize this powerful kinetic tool to achieve broader strategic aims. Iran is the most recent case in point. Although the result of America’s war there remains uncertain, it is clear that the White House’s air campaign … Read more The post Coming to Terms With Our Strategic Inadequacies appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.