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Pros And Cons Of Strategic Options In The US Military

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The first strategic option: the escalation of the operation by increasing the number of soldiers. This includes troops from U.S, alliances, and partners in the theater. Budgetary increment on modernizing military equipment would give strategic advantages to forces to have more credible intelligence on the ISIS big picture. Artificial intelligence (AI) system and military threat assessment units (MTAU) will increase forces efficiency and capability to act speedily and quickly to accurate ISIS identified targets without causing collateral damage. American, alliances and partners will have a footprint and projections of military capabilities.
The second strategic option: to enhance and improve diplomatic relations with Russia. The U.S. and Russia …show more content…

This option is feasible as it is clear and is aligned with international laws and Geneva Convention hence acceptable. Due to risks envisaged in this option the desired end state cannot be achieved as Congress and allies will not sustain the protracted ISIS war. This option envisages the following risks: first, the multitudes of causalities from both U.S, allies and partners would create a negative perception within domestic politics and a high likelihood to fracture the coalition cohesiveness. Second, the protracted war might cause the alliances and partners to withdraw due to unforeseen budgetary constraints. Third, the prolongation of the ISIS war in Iraq, Syria, and the bordering countries might cause a negative attitude towards the U.S and coalition forces as a result of the destruction of identity, values, and ritual beliefs in these …show more content…

Ideally, Russia and U.S would work together however, this is not going to work because of the following risks: an improved relations with Russia might require first, the U.S might drop its opposition to the Kremlin’s annexation of Crimea, and the lifting of sanctions against top Russian officials to punish the land grab from Ukraine. Second, in Syria, the U.S may need to abandon its support for moderate rebels and align with the regime accused of war crimes and behind brutal violence in Aleppo. Last, NATO members may be shaken by rapprochement between the White House and the Kremlin following Trump’s campaign trail critiques of the alliance. Therefore both Congress, alliances, public home will not accept and will not support it towards achieving the desired

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WWII was the bloodiest conflict in human history, but some would say that the U.S invasion tactics were too far or just necessary. In my opinion I feel that you have to show dominance to others for them to see that you mean business, but I don’t agree with the pulverizing innocent civilians to their deaths. Although the necessity of a US invasion was debated within the US military (US Army was for, US Navy was against) the general consensus judging by the Battle of Iwo Jima and Battle of Okinawa is that an invasion of the Japanese home islands would be costly. With a deterrent to the USSR, the Soviets invaded Manchuria on August 9, 1945 only 3 days after the Hiroshima bombing and 9 hours before the Nagasaki bombing. The US were aware that the USSR would enter the Pacific War on 9 August because at the Yalta Conference

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Due to President Ronald Reagan’s development of this new program during the height of the Cold War, it can be seen how such an initiative could cause the Soviet Union to become intimidated and could cause the tensions of the Cold War to recede as a result of a Soviet collapse. Beginning in 1983, Reagan began his public announcements regarding the so-called Strategic Defense Initiative. In that same year he gave a speech in which he portrayed the Soviet Union as an “Evil Empire” , and consequently gained momentum for creating the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in 1984. This response gave way for many years of continuous proposals and meeting between the two leaders of these global powers. Reagan and Gorbachev had met in 1986 at a summit in Reykjavik.

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In order to make the American people aware of the growing Soviet threat, the National Security Council create the NSC-68. This document contains information on defense and internal security to deal with the threat. In terms of defense, the NSC-68 “was the result of a review of American foreign and domestic defense policies.” The document outlines the conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States. It mentions four options for responding to the threat: 1) maintaining and continuing our current policies, 2) “returning to isolationism,” 3) deciding to go to war with the Soviet Union, 4) and “a rapid build-up of political, economic and military strength in the Free World.”

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This book is an analysis of contemporary American military policy. Professor, and veteran, Andrew Bacevich shows how the United States uses their military to emphasize its empire in certain parts of the world. His overall thesis gives his readers a picture of the conflicts that exist, such as some particular wars and its participants and the lack of response to the results and consequences. The author argues that the United States has interests in foreign affairs and that it is more likely to get involved in areas where it has a priority interest, especially to gain economic benefits. He also proposes that the U.S. interests have expanded since the Cold War, and the responsibilities of the U.S. to help other countries and keeping order have expanded to become more inconclusive; leading to an increase of military sending and use.

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The second document highlights the National Security Council 68, a central document of the Cold War that laid out the strategic foundation for American foreign policy after the devastating decline of western European powers during World War II left the United States and Soviet Union as the dominant nations. The National Security Council argues that the Soviet Union poses a threat due to “being animated by a new fanatic faith” in communism to impose “absolute authority over the world” (Doc 2). This type of behavior is anti-ethical to the American values, so the fight between America and the Soviet Union was inevitable. The document outlined possible responses of isolation, diplomatic efforts to negotiate, or the rapid buildup of strength of

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The military IOP should be the last option but should always be on the table. One of the limitations with the military IOP is that “too much military power can lead other states to feel threatened and pool their resources in an effort to counter the single, powerful state.” This is a big concern for us due to the need for us to have the countries in South Asia helping contain terrorism and not joining with each other to keep us out of their countries. On the other hand, this IOP should always be on the table as a last resort to help coerce the countries to work harder to make the other IOP’s work effectively. The United States must use every power we have to contain terrorism.

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