Do We Have a Mind Set for Confrontation?

The united states came out of the va om war in a position of weakness. We spent an awful lot of time and money and effort in rebuilding our military. I was part of the, eh, the built upii eighties that was solely focused on closing with and destroying the soviet enemy. That's what i trained to do, and we trained hard. And we were ready to do this. But it doesn't matter. A mind set was one of confrontation. The transitioning from confrontation to co operation was a difficult transition. It just became too easy to accomplish what you wanted to accomplish. You had to treat anybody with respect. In 19 92 it was no longer a tough nut