'Overmatch' is Watchword for Future of War, Admiral Says

ECH1969

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Wed Oct-26-05 09:20 PM
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'Overmatch' is Watchword for Future of War, Admiral Says

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2005 � The military is not interested in fairness when it comes to warfighting, a senior Navy officer said here today.

'Overmatch' is what we want in the future joint force," Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard, vice chief of naval operations, told attendees at the Defense News Media Group's annual Joint Warfare Conference.

"We're not interested in a fair fight, but rather one in which we, and our coalition partners, dominate every domain across every phase of war."

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2005/20051026_3167.html
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Overmatch sounds a bit German. cough.

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mmonk

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Wed Oct-26-05 09:22 PM
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1. I say "hubris" is the watchword

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niallmac

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Wed Oct-26-05 09:22 PM
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2. Well...winning IS their job after all.

It's up to us civys to find a way to live without war.

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Aimah

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Wed Oct-26-05 09:23 PM
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3. Sounds like Carpet Bombing n/t

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Wilms

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Wed Oct-26-05 09:23 PM
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4. "The military is not interested in fairness"

Yeah. We noticed. :eyes:

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C_U_L8R

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Wed Oct-26-05 09:26 PM
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5. sounds like blitzkrieg

i guess if your gonna fight .. you better win...
but wouldn't all this time, money and effort
be better spent creating peace ??? hmmm??

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MADem

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Wed Oct-26-05 09:28 PM
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6. Oh, fachrissake!!!!

This guy must've slept through Gulf One. Powell named it OVERWHELMING FORCE. And C4 was a big thing for VJCS Owens, lo, those many years ago.

Talk about dusting off an existing strategy and concept, changing the name, tossing in a little extra purple, for joint operations goodness, and trying to pass it off as a new way of thinking!!

That's like the Union soldiers saying they'll call the creatures they were riding steeds instead of horsies!

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prescole

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Wed Oct-26-05 09:37 PM
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7. Didn't they call it "cakewalk"

before the insurgents proved them wrong?

More like a perp walk, or a yellow cake walk.

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TahitiNut

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Wed Oct-26-05 09:41 PM
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8. Killing is easier when done from a distance and with impunity.

Heaven forbid we actually risk any of our comforts. Amerika only counts its own soldiers bodies.

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manic expression

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Wed Oct-26-05 09:41 PM
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9. We got those Injuns right where we want 'em boys!

*arrow thuds*

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