By the way, the entire plan sounds a lot like what the Swedish armed forces and politicians are doing. Cut all the good expensive anti-invasion stuff (fighter bombers, submarines, tanks) and replace it with lighter colonial expeditionary forces. A horrible idea to my mind as I don't think the conventional threat is any more gone now than it was in 1925, nor do I see why we should go around and intervene all over the world. Sweden is not an empire.
Thankfully, this transformation from defence against invasion to offensive intervention is also a very strong catalyst for change in the armed forces. It has led us from a drafted army to a professional one, to the reintroduction of NCO's, to having a standing amry and into all relevant NATO strucutures without any kind of public debate slowing us down. And it is laying the groundwork for a better and stronger anti-invasion defence of the future.
The top generals I have talked to are just as high on rysskräck as I am. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
