Originally Posted by
Azor
As someone who fancies themselves to be a strategic thinker, you can start by looking at the big picture rather than snippets of anecdotal evidence that is supposed to confirm your rightness.
RE:
1. Irrelevant. The ORBAT, strikes on Libyan ground forces and the special forces embedded with the rebels all point to an operation driven by Doha, Paris and London. The U.S. provided crucial C4ISR, (S)DEAD, logistics, WMD security, and diplomatic clout at the UNSC, but otherwise was not the prime mover.
2. Also irrelevant. NATO members who refused to join the “Coalition of the Willing” had no inkling as to how the War in Iraq would unfold. The subversion and guerrilla warfare did not arise until Bremer’s blunders. The U.S. was also warned that Afghanistan would be a repeat of the Vietnam experience, which was untrue.
3. Baltic Air Policing is a token force. Should Americans be grateful that the Europeans can muster a few aircraft to patrol their own borders? Again, this slow reactivity does not exactly fill me with confidence about Europe’s political leadership. It is an improvement, however.
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