The Atlantic magazine writes that in the United States dominated by the cult of the army, which is supported not only by mass culture, but politicians and the media. To address the army only heard rave reviews in the result have a wrong feeling about her invincibility. Americans believe that high-tech weapons capable of without direct contact with the enemy to win the war, so the leadership of the country without looking back, without thinking, engaged in conflicts around the world.
However, the results of the wars of recent decades suggests that the American army flees from poorly armed and poorly trained soldiers, but motivated by the fact that protects your home and your loved ones. In America heard little criticism of command of the U.S. army, which is not able to make a truly efficient army. For the defeat of the U.S. army suffered no punishment, no large head.
The journal notes that one of the striking examples of a senseless waste of money is the F-35, which is being developed since 1996, but recently it was announced that due to problems in the software, the plane can't shoot from the side of the gun. In this regard, its putting into operation is transferred to 2019.
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