Quote Originally Posted by Xenophon View Post
I don't think Mr. Cordesman is saying, "HEY Infantry rules, let's get rid of combined arms once and for all!"

What he may be saying by referencing cost is that infantry needs to be viewed and funded by the DoD and the US government as the most important part of the military. Maybe we don't need a new JDAM that is accurate to a half-meter vice one meter for eleventy billion dollars or a new plane to counter the imminent Chinese air invasion for a katrillion dollars a pop. Maybe we should just get the grunts the best gear and training we can, then worry about funding their supporting efforts.
I concur. What I take from it, is a bottom up approach to Combined Arms-full spectrum operations. The NATO concept of Combined Arms is still based on a WW2 model, that was itself evolved from WW1. I think there are better ways, especially when large tank formations, are far less of a problem or a likelihood!