Gynocracy wrote:How do you define 'best?'
If you take it in terms of numbers then obviously, in the long run and with other things being equal, size will win out.
If you take it in terms of quality and pound-for-pound fighting ability, it's a toss-up between Britain and Israel.
My grandad fought in World War Two and he said that the American troops were very good if they had overwhelming superiority but that if they had to fight roughly equal numbers and equipment they were useless!
Doesn't matter. American tactics are such that Americans will never fight without number and fire superiority. Why? Because that's how you win. There is no competition, equiptment, numbers, and training all rolled into one, the U.S. military is the most powerful the world has yet seen.