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We Still Need Conventional Arms |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--AMERICA'S DEFENSE: HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH NOW? |
| Author: James Blackwell |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 4/1/1990 |
| Size: 3,128 Words, 18,764 Characters |
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In 1989, the world as we knew it came unglued. It will never be the same. From Tiananmen Square to Timisoara, people took their quest for liberty and democracy to the streets against totalitarian communist regimes. In many other places, the demonstrations were less violent but no less forceful. Even in Moscow, hundreds of thousands marched against the dictatorship of the party.
It is difficult for us to discern today where the world will be tomorrow. Will Mikhail Gorbachev succeed in leading not only his own Soviet Union but perhaps, by example, the rest of the communist world through a reform process that will make those countries more peaceful and democratic? Or is reform a 10-year tactic aimed at producing a leaner, meaner Soviet Union in the twenty-first century? Either way...
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... of "more is better" suffice to deter our potential adversaries. In the coming age of the predominance of conventional combat in national security strategy, we will need a new strategy to replace flexible response and forward defense. The United States will have to fight "smarter," not "richer." We will need to be prepared to fight and win conventional wars across the spectrum of conflict.
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