"In the past we would have a British army division working alongside an American division."Now it might be a British brigade inside an American division, or even a British battalion inside an American brigade.Is that fair?
How big should a nation's military be? We always talk about commitments to NATO but what exactly is NATO's role? If its to stand up to the Soviet Union then its time has passed. If its to stand up to Russia then can we really complain about our allies defense spending? Is it for out of area missions in the Middle East or the Pacific?
Bringing this thinking home....what if the US was just focused on defending its borders. What would be the appropriate size force? Should we really be focused on fighting two regional wars at the same time? Why? What's in it for us? If we do size our forces that way, aren't we actually doing what we complain about---subsidizing the defense of others?
I don't know but before we complain about the size of other nations forces perhaps we need to figure out why we're sized the way we are.
