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I believe GP was being sarcastic.
by rbanffy 3mo ago
I believe GP was being sarcastic.
- firesteelrain 3mo agoI was not
- rbanffy 3mo agoThen I’d stop at claiming “best” is meaningless in a military context without defining what the mission is. If it is starting wars, I’d say it’s great. If it means achieving goals, then it’s kind of meh.
- firesteelrain 3mo agoIn terms of logistics ? US is the best ever conceived in the history of mankind.
- rbanffy 3mo agoGenerals say it’s logistics that win wars. The US record in winning wars is simply terrible.
- firesteelrain 3mo agoUS hasn’t lost a war yet. US also has a large strategic-sealift force: dozens of RO/RO ships, commercial shipping agreements and prepositioned Army equipment in the Pacific and Indian Ocean. It can move man and materiel anywhere it pleases and fast.
- bluegatty 3mo agoIt's ok though - the US Forces do have 'the best logistics in the world' - that's not an unfair claim at all. They are exceedingly exceptional. But all of these systems have limits and characterizations. US would be hard pressed to keep 500K people full supplied and engaged in Pacific. It would take a while to ramp that up.
- firesteelrain 3mo agoSure, every logistics system has limits. But “it would take time to ramp up” isn’t the same as “the US can’t do it.”