Nikitas wrote:VP,
Campaign ribbons and medals are awarded for real campaigns and for worthy actions. When you see the Turkish High Command meeting in that Stalinesque office of theirs in full dress uniform you got to ask yourself- which campaigns justify all those ribbons, which heroic deeds resulted in so many medals for so few men.
Now look at the Israeli High Command and see.... no ribbons, no medals, the guys are wearing fatigues, they look like workind soldiers, even if they are generals. These guys fight almost everyday. The comparison is inevitable, and they undermine themselves there is no need for me or anyone else to do it.
And like the post says, small technical advances sometimes bring about big changes. Current technology is full of many such small and big changes that can make all big cumbersome armies obsolete, all and not just the Turkish army. Dont rush to judge all posts as antiturkish. Personally I dislike all high brass and their pseudo scientific attitude about war.
So ribbons, pomp and ceremony for you displays a week army? this is ridiculous what has that got to do with anything? Wear grey suits means that your army is more effective, there is just no relation. Of course technological advances are important but the Turkish Army also keeps abreast of these and spends a great deal of its annual budget on the military. They are ranked in the top 5 in the world and this is more than enough to keep GCs at bay or fight the Kurds who have been labelled by the world as terrorists which all countries are committed to fighting.
