Dozens of war-game scenarios have been enacted over the last few years, and in every exercise the U.S. has a horrifically bloody ending.
- In every exercise the U.S. uses up all its long-range air-to-surface missiles in a few days, with a substantial portion of its planes destroyed on the ground.
- Also, in every exercise the U.S. is not engaged in an abstract push-button war from 30,000 feet up like the ones Americans have come to expect