INDRAJIT—The forest that losers like Spuds miss for the trees is history. He spent his whole life retreating but doesn’t connect the dots. He gets the details right—that America’s bases and machinery are built for old wars—but doesn’t get what this makes them. History. Warfare is in a constant state of co-evolution (sword and shield, fortress and missile) and you cannot rest on your laurels. History is full of examples of hubris put down.
America’s Retreat From The Persian Gulf
You can have the best military in the world, but then the world changes, and suddenly your assets become liabilities.
