At A recent conference on the use of force in the 21st century, a representative of the American army lashed out against what he called the "catastrophic myth" that rich countries need no longer prepare for high-intensity warfare on land. General Ronald Griffiths told his colleagues never to forget the words of a historian of the Korean war: You may fly over a land for ever, you may bomb it, pulverise it and wipe it clear of life. But if you desire to defend it, protect it, keep it, you must do so on the ground the way the Roman legions did, by putting your young men in the mud.
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