An Army medevac chopper outside the Pentagon, September 12, 2001 / DoD photoTaking Stock: The U.S. Military A Decade After 9/11 -- Time
The 10th anniversary of 9/11 closes in on us this week. Try as you might, you will not be able to avoid it. Amid the pathos and bathos, it's time to take a knee and conduct a map check.
Just to cut to the chase: you can't argue with success, and on 9/12 most Americans were petrified a second wave of attacks was likely. It hasn't happened, and the U.S. military – despite its faults and snafus – has played a big role in that win. It could end up a more solid victory than we may see either in Afghanistan or Iraq.
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My Comment: The U.S. military has changed significantly in the past 10 years .... money and commitment would do that .... but the next 10 years will be a reversal of this trend, as the Iraq and Afghan wars ratchet downwards (we hope) and America's fiscal/debt crisis comes home to roost.
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