The US ability to fight two medium-size wars in close succession-a precept of national military policy for the last 18 years-could be declared dead in the next couple of months. It would be a victim of defense budget cuts. The force-sizing construct, which has witnessed a number of variations, perturbations, and nicknames, such as "win-hold-win," "two-and-a-half wars," "1-4-2-1," and others, was held intact through three Administrations.
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