Larry J (13):
No, it’s called planning for the next war. Hopefully one that you won’t have to fight because the bad guys see that you’ll be able to blow them out of the sky and thus never start the conflict in the first place.
I’m actually rather curious as to your thinking here. We’re fighting guerillas in Iraq and Afghanistan because they (both the locals and the Iranians, who sponsor them) know that there’s no chance on Earth that they could fact us on the battlefield. The Soviets didn’t invade Europe because they knew that we’d at least give them a good run for their money. Certainly future conflicts may be mostly in the same vein, but only if we retain our abilities to fight and win conventional battles. It’s rather similar to ICBM’s: God willing we’ll never launch one in anger, but it’ll only be because the other guys know that ours will work if needed.
