This is why:
70 percent of today's youth are not fit to serve in the military due to obesity or being overweight, criminal records, drug misuse, or educational deficits.
Source - http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obesity-epidemic-at-new-high-costs-150b-a-year-hurts-military-recruiting/article/2633193
All of our recent so-called "wars" have been mainly a slaughter of civilians or poorly trained and/or equipped irregulars. If we fought a REAL war with China, North Korea, or Russia they would likely kick our asses badly.
Then we'd do something stupid, like use nukes ... and open a GIANT can of worms.
And our existing troops apparently are not ready for war either:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/02/army-study-173rd-airborne-brigade-europe-russia-242273