US Army Drafts Blueprint For World War III

[Purveyor]

14 October 2014

With US politicians and the American media engaged in an increasingly acrimonious debate over the strategy guiding the latest US war in the Middle East, the United States Army has unveiled a new document entitled the Army Operating Concept (AOC), which provides a “vision of future armed conflict” that has the most ominous implications. It is the latest in a series of documents in which the Pentagon has elaborated the underlying strategy of preventive war that was unveiled in 1992—that is, the use of war as a means of destroying potential geopolitical and economic rivals before they acquire sufficient power to block American domination of the globe.

The document was formally released at this week’s Association of the United States Army (AUSA) conference, an annual event bringing together senior officers and Defense Department officials for a series of speeches and panel discussions, along with a giant trade show mounted by arms manufacturers to show off their latest weapons systems and pursue lucrative Pentagon contracts.

Much of this year’s proceedings were dominated by dire warnings about the impact of cuts to the Army’s troop strength brought about by sequestration. Gen. Raymond Odierno, chief of staff of the Army, told reporters at the AUSA conference Monday that he was “starting to worry about our end strength” and regretting having told Congress in 2012 that the Army could manage with 490,000 active-duty soldiers.

In addition to the 490,000, there are 350,000 National Guard soldiers and 205,000 reservists, for a combined force—referred to by the Pentagon as the Total Army—of well over one million American troops. The answer to why such a gargantuan armed force would seem inadequate to Gen. Odierno can be found in the new Army Operating Concept (AOC), a reckless and dangerous document laying out a strategy of total war that encompasses the entire planet, including the United States itself.

The document makes clear that in regard to the ongoing debate over “boots on the ground,” for the top brass of the US Army there is no question: there will be boots and plenty of them.

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http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/10/14/pers-o14.html

[Purveyor]

1. Related: Army Rolls Out Operating Plan To ‘Win In A Complex World’

Newport News, Va. (WTKR) – The United States Army Training and Doctrine Command has released the new Army Operating Concept.

The command, known as TRADOC, is headquartered at Fort Eustis in Newport News.

General David Perkins, Commanding General of TRADOC, writes in the preface, “The purpose of the Army Operating Concept is to ask big questions; not focus on small answers. This concept focuses on three big questions; what level of war is the concept going to address, what is the environment we think Army forces will operate in, and what is the problem we are trying to solve.”

He continues, “This concept, for the first time, focuses on all three levels of war: tactical, operational and strategic. The environment the Army will operate in is unknown. The enemy, location and coalitions involved are unknown.”

The last plan, “AirLand Battle,” was rolled out in the 1980s.

In an article published in Army magazine, General Perkins writes “When AirLand Battle was published in 1981, its specific purpose was to deal with a known enemy – the Soviet Union; in a known place – the central plains of Europe; and with a known coalition – NATO.”

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http://wtkr.com/2014/10/13/army-rolls-out-operating-plan-to-win-in-a-complex-world/

[newthinking]

2. "the use of war as a means of destroying potential geopolitical and economic rivals"

that explains a lot.
War is peace?

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. which is why we have seen so little peace in teh last few...centuries. n/t

[TexasTowelie]

3. The one unknown that is known

is that the MIC will make a few trillion off of the unknown.

[Sherman A1]

4. Well,

this is kinda what they are supposed to do. Plan ahead for potential conflicts and causes.

Prior to WWII we had War Plan Orange and the Rainbow series of plans drawn up and in the files.

It can be seen as self serving or it can simply be seen as prudent. I would suspect that every major and medium size nation has some type of war planning organization within their military establishment.

[longship]

5. Well... It's all good as long as we don't allow a mineshaft gap.

[belzabubba333]

7. woah is that guilliani

[newfie11]

6. Insanity

Think there won't be nukes involved, think again.
Listen to what Ike said about the MIC!

[flamingdem]

8. At least we got some cuts

one silver lining.

[blkmusclmachine]

9. The Military Industrial Complex sees dollar signs in blowing up the world. Absolute psychopathy!

And, funded with your tax dollars, which they'll gladly use against you.