Michael Mazarr's new article in Washington Quarterly is one of the better arguments that the U.S. military and U.S. strategy has shifted too far toward what he sort of nostalgically calls "asymmetric" threats. I didn't, though, find his suggestion that we revert back to preparing for MTWs very persuasive. I'm left wondering whether we're just searching for an alibi to perserve a very large military rather than deciding that we MUST keep a very large military.