By Marina Malenic The Obama administration should reverse the Pentagon's preoccupation with low-intensity warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan--a trend that has led to the erosion of the world's premiere Air Force and Navy, a retired general and defense analyst said last week. "We're spending $12 billion a month in Iraq, $2.5 billion a month in Afghanistan conducting counterinsurgency operations with the most sophisticated COIN force in the history of warfare," said retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey, "but our Navy and…
Air Force, Navy Modernization Should Be Priority For New Administration, Former General Says
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