Quote Originally Posted by Abu Suleyman View Post
... my point is to raise the question of how a smaller military budget would influence the US's ability to intervene in Small Wars around the globe. I see several possibilities. The first is that the U.S. starts substituting bodies for technology, which is practical, but not politically feasible for now...
I would argue that it is neither politically feasible nor practical. The more bodies, the more difficult quality control becomes and the more difficult C2 becomes. Greater chance of more incidents that resemble Abu Ghraib, Haditha, and that douche who raped a girl and killed her family. A smaller number of better trained folks would be more practical, imo, if for no other reason that they will commit fewer follies.