This is all correctable, you just don't what to hear how. The next big shooting war we get involved in will expose the weekness and losses will force the change. Hard lesson that social engineer does not belong in the military.
i think i understand the part in the bolded commentary. the rest kinda reminds me of what i might write in a less lucid moment.
the point that many folks are buying into is that the human race has gone beyond the capacity to engage in a large-scale shooting war. plenty of regional wars left, maybe?
those regional shootouts would be backed by the russian, chinese, iranian franchise on the one side, and the American Patriots on the other side. we're talking about fights over resources, ok? don't want to confuse anyone, so i'm just sayin.
still, large scale global warfare would remain taboo. not only can't we use nuclear weaponry, we can't even field massive land forces to sweep across a countryside. the roman empire could do this, inside and around the edges of the empire. and it worked with contract/slave mercenaries on occasion, until it didn't.