Time, November 4, 2013, pp. 38-43
p. 40
New Technologies, new threats and tighter budgets are all conspiring to force the Army to reinvent itself fast. But the service shows virtually no sign of making any of these changes.
최근 콜린 파월의 자서전을 읽은 입장에서는 이 구절이 이해가 되지 않는다.
The Army's core mission is anyone's guess in an era of pilotless drones and spooky commandos. But its generals are slow to face the new reality.
Too small and too lightly armed and the Army might not be able to deter - or defeat - North Korea or Iran in the event of war. Too heavy and it may forfeit the speed needed to keep skirmishes from becoming wars.
What is the right size? "Nobody knows," says military scholar Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution.
이 인용문은 육군측 씽크탱크의 주장이 아닌지 확인이 필요하다.
One reason that the Army isn't reinventing itself at its current size is that no one with any sway is forcing it to do so. Lawmakers, who increasingly lack any military background, give those in uniform wide berth.
이 기사의 여러 가지 흥미로운 이야기 중에서 한국의 현실과 관련해 가장 관심을 끄는 부분이다.