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Threats or Capabilities?

机译:威胁还是能力?

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In March 1989, Dick Cheney, recently nominated to be Defense Secretary, went through his Senate confirmation hearing. He and the Senators mulled over threat scenarios, but no one mentioned Iraq. Mere months later, Iraq invaded Kuwait and Cheney faced war.rnIt was a classic case of poor threat forecasting. Still, Cheney was not without means. He had access to new weapons-most notably the F-117 stealth fighter-which would bring swift victory in the Gulf War. Cheney later publicly thanked Harold Brown. Brown, the late 1970s Pentagon chief, was the man who actually started the weapons programs Cheney used to such great effect.rnWhen war comes, US leaders must fight with the forces in hand. Their predecessors cannot foresee all possible foes and construct forces to defeat them. They can only bequeath broad capabilities useful in unknown scenarios.
机译:1989年3月,最近被提名担任国防部长的迪克·切尼(Dick Cheney)参加了参议院确认听证会。他和参议员就威胁情景进行了思考,但没有人提到伊拉克。几个月后,伊拉克入侵科威特,切尼面临战争。这是威胁预测不佳的典型案例。尽管如此,切尼仍然并非没有钱。他可以使用新武器,其中最引人注目的是F-117隐形战斗机,它将在海湾战争中迅速获胜。切尼后来公开感谢哈罗德·布朗。布朗(Brown)是1970年代后期五角大楼负责人,实际上是开创了切尼曾经发挥如此巨大作用的武器计划的人。战争来临时,美国领导人必须与手中的部队作战。他们的前任无法预见所有可能的敌人,也无法建立力量击败他们。它们只能留下在未知情况下有用的广泛功能。

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