Re:Sweden brings back military conscription
by ptaipale on Thursday March 02, 2017 @01:54PM
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I wonder why you'r downvoted, because even if one were to disagree, yours would be a legitimate position civilly expressed.
I happen to agree: you can win battles with air power and armored forces, but you can't keep an area without feet on the ground, hands carrying rifles, and if you can't keep an area, you won't win the war.
Modern weapons are of course necessary, but in the end wars are fought and won by soldiers on the ground with rifles in their hands. Modern combined arms operations require the effective coordination of all aspects; air, sea, and land.