The U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Will Let Army Shift Focus To Modernization
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Authors
Mittal, Vikram
Issue Date
2021
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Other
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Afghanistan
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Abstract
Last week, President Biden announced that all troops will be pulled out of Afghanistan by mid-September, marking the end of the 20-year combat operation. Historically, after the end of every major combat operation, the Army has downsized and experienced a significant cut in funding. As such, technology development efforts cease, forcing the Army to rapidly modernize once the next war starts. This inherently creates an issue because as Donald Rumsfeld put it, “You go to war with the army you have.”
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Mittal, Vikram. "The U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Will Let Army Shift Focus To Modernization". Forbes, 2021.
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Forbes