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Thanks for firing this psycho, who apparently thinks going to war with Russia over Georgia would have been a good idea:
How might have we responded and what can we do now? We could have flown Global Hawks or U2s on the Russian-Georgian border to signal our watchfulness to the Russians. We could have escorted these assets with the F-22s, which fly at high enough altitude to operate as a defense of unmanned assets, or can operate to defend key assets in Georgia. If the Russians determined to invade, we could have strengthened air defenses of key Georgian positions, provided fighter re-enforcements, and placed special forces or Marines on the ground in the national capital. We need to strengthen our capability to shape flexible force packages which can generate firebreak messages rapidly and effectively. And Europe, under the leadership of President Sarkozy, could shape their military capabilities to inject similar force structure capabilities to shape choices and limit Russian options.That would have been, like, super. Gates fired Wynne, in large part, because the latter focused on developing plans and capabilities for fighting Russia and China, rather than winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Apparently, this preference wasn't driven simply by organizational dynamics; Wynne seems to think that the U.S. should seek out opportunities to use F-22s.
--Robert Farley
