The news this week of the invasion of Georgia by Russia has jarred me.   I’ve grown up in a country that has by far the most powerful military in the world but hasn’t really fought a traditional war since before I was born.  All of our recent military actions have quickly turned into  rapid response deployment of our superior weaponry against an asymmetrical, guerrilla force.  We fight very few pitched battles as our opponents have either capitulated almost immediately and/or devolved into fighting an insurgency that avoids direct confrontations.  Relatively modern countries fighting a modern-day conflict using traditional arms seems “antiquated” somehow.