How Can America Win 3 Wars Simultaneously?

TUESDAY PDB – How our military can deter foreign conflicts and win future wars. As the world has become increasingly unstable under the Biden-Harris presidency, the risk of the U.S. military having to fight a three-theater war has never been higher.

We are already involved in two conflicts – the Russia-Ukraine one, by proxy, in Europe and another one in the Middle East, as Israel is defending itself against the Iranian-led Axis of Resistance. A war with China over Taiwan also may erupt as early as next year.

But how can America win three simultaneous wars if it has struggled to win one single war in a quarter of a century? Think Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Libya.

No decisive meaningful military victory has been achieved by U.S. forces in these conflicts, despite the fact that it has faced much smaller opponents who lack advanced weaponry and some don't even have a regular army.

And all this, while, tactically, our military is the best war-fighting force in military history.

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here's a roundup of today's other top defense stories from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.

Not the President's Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL'S DAILY BRIEFING – the PDB:       

NATIONAL SECURITY

Telegram's security sham. The French government's arrest of Telegram founder and decision to charge him with crimes related to Telegram's failure to moderate its users' sharing of illegal content has reignited a debate over secure messaging services, content moderation, and free speech.

This debate should highlight the relative safety of platforms like fully encrypted-by-default Signal app over cloud-based social media services with direct messaging capabilities like Telegram app—a service likely compromised by many governments.

HOMELAND SECURITY

Ex-soldier accused of shooting 5 on Kentucky interstate vowed to ‘kill a lot of people.' Authorities in Kentucky said Monday that the man was in the Army Reserve and not the National Guard. He served from 2013 to 2019 as a combat engineer as a private and had no deployments.

Virginia Guard says it's investigating Guardsmen running a rural anti-government militia. Two soldiers who have espoused anti-government views are running a county-sanctioned militia in the state.

BIDEN-HARRIS AFGHAN DISASTER

GOP report blames Biden-Harris for disastrous end to US war in Afghanistan. The scathing report on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan minimizes the role of former President Donald Trump, who had signed the withdrawal deal with the Taliban.

POLITICS

THEY DON'T ‘WANT' IT – IT IS ALREADY HERE – Hawks want a new Cold War but are cagey about the cost. So, we did the math. The Commission on the National Defense Strategy proposed in a recent report significant entitlement cuts and tax increases to drastically increase military spending.

GOOD – Tuberville puts hold on military promotion for top Austin aide. Sen. Tommy Tuberville has placed a hold on the promotion of Lt. Gen. Ronald Clark, a top aide to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

US POWER OVERSEAS

Cyprus and the US sign a defense deal outlining ways to tackle regional crises.

Purported car rental return creates security incident at NSA Naples. Military police at a U.S. Navy base next to Naples International Airport in Italy stopped a driver who attempted to enter the installation Monday without an identification check.

ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST TERROR

An Israeli strike on a Gaza humanitarian zone tent camp. Israel said it targeted “significant” Hamas militants and disputed the death toll (Hamas' human shields).

CHINA THREAT

Japan complains after Chinese ships armed with machine guns sail near disputed islets. This is its third complaint in less than two weeks, after Chinese coast guard vessels entered waters around Japanese islets in the East China Sea.

A timeline of the 2024 Sabina Shoal standoff. The shoal, known to the Philippines as Escoda and by China as Xianbin Jiao, and located 75 nautical miles from the Philippine province of Palawan, is the latest flashpoint between Manila and Beijing. The standoff began in April following China launching an island reclamation project.

Dissecting China's purported carrier strategy against Taiwan. A recent report outlines how China would likely use its aircraft carriers as part of Beijing's much-touted anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) strategy. It noted that Chinese carrier ops are “geared towards ‘denying' the U.S. military access to the Taiwan Strait area of operations.”

BUT WILL BEIJING ANSWER DURING A CRISIS? – US and Chinese military commanders speak by phone for the first time in years. The two superpowers are working to re-establish military ties in an effort to avoid conflict.

RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR

Ukraine says Iranian missiles in Russia are a legitimate target. Western partner countries must allow Ukraine to use weapons they have supplied to strike military warehouses inside Russia because Iran has provided Russia with ballistic missiles.

Ukraine launches largest drone attack yet on Moscow. Russia said at least 140 drones were launched against targets across the country, but most were shot down, including 14 in Moscow itself.

“Dragon drones” are spitting fire in the Russia-Ukraine war. Fire rains down on Russian positions in clips shared by the Ukrainian military, showcasing yet another drone-borne concoction in Eastern Europe.

More Ukrainians want to negotiate an end to the war. Soldiers don't agree. The debate highlights a tension in Ukrainian society between those who are in combat and those who aren't

SPACE THREAT

Space Force studying how it will bolster GPS. Despite the service's “laser-focused” effort to accelerate an initiative to bolster its GPS constellation, the service's No. 2 officer said the effort is mostly in the study and analysis phase.

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

Germany would need up to 100 years at current rearmament pace to deter Russia. It is rearming too slowly and will need a century to build up parts of its military to the level of 20 years ago.

EU buys too much defense equipment abroad, especially from US. Almost two-thirds of it comes from the U.S., and the EU is failing to invest enough in joint military projects.

Netherlands to add a tank battalion, F-35s, anti-submarine frigates amid warnings of war. This, to field a more credible military force.

US MILITARY

Watchdog challenges SOCOM's plan to buy new armed overwatch aircraft for special ops troops. The Pentagon should further analyze the capabilities of the new aircraft designed to operate in austere environments and consider slowing its purchase of the planes.

How the Marines are changing their conduct and leadership guidance. The newest updates ask Leathernecks if they're doing what's necessary to hold fellow Marines and themselves to the highest standards.

What's cooking in the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab? The rapid advancement of drone technology is ruling the day across the military.

Four Marines trained an Air Force base to take the grueling Marine Corps fitness test. The Air Force gave them medals for it.

WATCH two Pave Hawk helicopters get gassed up in mid-air by a Super Hercules.

WATCH soldiers leap from a Chinook into the waters of Atlantic City during helocast training.

Army Secretary talks forward positioning, nimble spending for evolving force. How should the Army array itself in the Pacific? Christine Wormuth talks forward positioning and financing for drone tech.

Army eyeing new ground logistic robot dubbed MMET. It is developing requirements for a new unmanned ground transport vehicle, larger than the robotic mule but smaller than a transport truck.

Does the Navy need sailors? A look at the future of unmanned ships. How must the Navy evolve to become the unmanned force of the future? It has to change its culture.

Air Force to bed down only 25 F-35s in fiscal 2026. The service's plan calls for it to field some 700 of the jets by the end of the decade and never buy more than 48 in any given year.

END of PDB

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