Dr. Bradley Thayer

A fourth front is the ground war, which is heating up.

The Kurds, obviously, U.S.

special forces, Israeli special forces, perhaps the Azeris will send in a force as well in time.

The fifth front of the war is the proxy war, right, being fought in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah and perhaps broadening out elsewhere in the world.

So that attritional dynamic is taking place in each of those areas.

And we need to understand that attritional wars are going to be like two heavyweight boxers pounding on one another.

Uh, right.

It's, uh, uh, like Muhammad Ali and, and, um, uh, uh, you know, uh, pounding against one of his heavyweight.

But that's my point.

Right.

So that's the key issue, Steve.

Are we winning that attritional war?

in some areas.

Obviously in the Navy we are.

Are we winning in the missiles, for example, the drones, the UAVs, or are they husbanding their capabilities for a longer fight, sending a few every day, right?

Recognizing that they have been intruded, recognizing their command and control is greatly damaged, recognizing their leadership is greatly damaged, right?

Their brain has been damaged.

Their nervous system has been damaged.

How much muscle do they really have?

And that's the key question.