The obvious thing for the cavalryman to do is to accept the fighting machine as a partner, and prepare to meet more fully the demands of future warfare.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
Fear kills more people than death.
No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
You just wait and see. The lily-livered b*stards in Washington will demobilize. They'll say they've made the world safe for democracy again. The Russians are not such d*mned fools. They'll rebuild; and with modern weapons.