Quote:as a former military man who deployed in the height of the surge in one of the premier army brigades I can confirm this.  The disbanding of other brigades in that division (101st) and lowering of standards throughout the military along with many people (myself included) not wanting to be in an army that had lost its edge is a problem.  This is not the same military that initially invaded Afghanistan and Iraq nearly a decade ago.  Many of the leaders and top soldiers have retired/resigned or been relieved of duty for failure to adapt to the new kinder gentler army.

When you're limited in action, play constant defense, afraid of reprisals from our own leaders if a shot was made without consent and having to kiss the collective arses of those who spit on us behind our back, then yes , morale crashes.


Like a team not getting penalized during a football game for anything, while the other team has to play very limited as to not get called on every play. The better team loses, and players demoralized.


We don't need to spend more on the military, we have to use it like its meant to be used.

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