Regardless of whether they are ready or not, this just smells of pure and simple lobbying - special interst groups (defence industry etc.) will always argue that armed forces need more and more. But I do agree with the title that they are not going to bother with the Crimea.
If the United States is not as ready as the author laments, just think of the Russians!
The United States has had more than a decade of non-stop combat experience - basically, Afghanistan and the two Iraq wars were for them a huge training exercise (yes, even with the human loses sustained). Strategy, tactics, massive equipment purchases, upgrades and trials have been relentless and non-stop. The Americans also have a massive pool of fairly young combat-experienced citizens in and out of the military that they can tap into.
I don't think the Russians can match this. They can't even keep their subs from blowing up on their own and sinking.
I speak here of conventional forces, I can't speak much about nuclear weapons - (exception: American ICBM boomer subs which I'm sure collectively outclass the Russians).
Ex coelis
Mike
From: Francine Ponomarenko
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Subject: [politics] Pentagon not ready for Cold War with Russia over Crimea
http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-not-ready-cold-war-2-094500985--politics.html
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