President Barack Obama outlines new U.S. defense strategy. In the midst of budget constraints, the U.S. military is now ready to face only one major war while still able to anticipate conflict in one other region. In fact, in the past decade, the U.S. could deploy forces in two major wars.
According to Reuters, Obama outlines new U.S. defense strategy in the Office of the U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) on Thursday afternoon local time. He emphasized several crucial for the U.S. military today: the reduction in overall troop numbers along with the increasing warfare in the virtual universe (cyber warfare) and the use of drone and focus to Asia.
In the new strategy document issued by the Pentagon's defense over the Internet, it is mentioned that the U.S. could still serve the threat of war from an enemy country in a region by mobilizing the full power and can anticipate threats in other areas involving cooperation with its allies.
The new strategy is different from that applied to the U.S. during the reign of George W. Bush. Themed "War on Terrorism," Bush to deploy troops in two major wars, in Afghanistan and Iraq. At the time of Obama, the U.S. has been to repatriate troops from Iraq and also to immediately withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
However, Defence Minister Leon Panetta dismissed the notion that U.S. military power was weakened. "Make no mistake, we have the ability to confront and defeat more than one enemy at the same time," said Panetta.
Obama realizes that the U.S. military must face tightening budgets. "Within the next ten years, the rate of defense spending will slow but still will increase because we have a global responsibility that demands our leadership," Obama said.
Currently 565,000 U.S. troops reinforced from the Army and 201,000 Marines. However, each unit will be reduced by between 76,000 to 114,000 personnel. The Pentagon had to downsize because it would have a reduction in budget of around U.S. $ 487 billion.
Now U.S Only Ready face One Great War
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