Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2012: 86-90

The Americans Withdrew from Iraq and Changed Military StrategyInformational pages

PhDr. Antonín Rašek

American military strategy was preparing long before the US troops left Iraq. The published document reacted to circumstances after the end of Iraq conflict and planning withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. Pentagton's analysis underlined the fact that in the following years, US forces would not conduct wars similar to Afghanistan and Iraq. Defence secretary Leon Panetta told reporters that American forces were going to be smaller but more effective, innovative and technologically advanced. In spite of budget cuts, military expenditures were planned larger in volume then in the last year of G. W. Bush's presidential term.

Keywords: iraq,armed forces,us,military operations,mlitary strategy

Published: June 15, 2012  Show citation