"The absence of a major war on U.S. soil since 1945 would presumably be considered solid empirical evidence in support of the policy of forward deployment of conventional forces."
IIRC, there's been no major war on U.S. soil since 1865 and no foreign war since about 1815, long before the forward deployment of conventional forces, so the empirical evidence doesn't seem that "solid." :-)
"The absence of a major war on U.S. soil since 1945 would presumably be considered solid empirical evidence in support of the policy of forward deployment of conventional forces."
IIRC, there's been no major war on U.S. soil since 1865 and no foreign war since about 1815, long before the forward deployment of conventional forces, so the empirical evidence doesn't seem that "solid." :-)