I'm not going to try and counter the Marine Corps decision on tanks, I'm sure that a good amount of time and study was done by the Marine Corps for that decision, I will just say that during the whole cold war not once did we see the massive Soviet invasion of Western Europe, instead we fought it in the Mtns of Korea, the Jungles of Vietnam and ended up in the Deserts and Steps of the Middle East.
The Marine Corps is very good at adapting, but the one thing I know for sure is that when you expect a war in the Pacific, we'll probably be involved in one in Africa, if we treat the Russians as the main threat, we'll be in invading Peru or some other country. We need the capability, so we can adapt, but as the US has proven time and time again, we'll forget certain lessons in an effort to focus on thing we think are important, only for that to change. Whats the saying from Tyson; "everyone has a plan until punched in the mouth"
Dr. Carter G. Woodson, “History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the government, those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they had in the beginning.”
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