AM64
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The last time the U.S. was victorious in a significant conflict?Korea War: Deadlock
Bay of Pigs: Fiasco
Vietnam War: Fiasco/loss
Operation Eagle Claw (Iran Hostage Rescue Attempt): Fiasco
Iraq: 2 wars over the last 30 years, minimal gains
Afghanistan: Fiasco/loss
Syria: Fiasco/loss
Taiwan: ???
Ukraine:???
Grenada: Win
Panama/Noriega: Win
None had anything to do with combat effectiveness.
We just need to get out of the boots on the ground plan. Bomb the **** out of them until they are useless or the citizenry overthrow the regimes.Our record says we generally do better fighting against countries that fight according to conventional rules, and we aren't so good against little guys running around in a disorganized (to us) manner and creeping up on us in jungles and stuff. That thing again about anticipating the enemy based on what we would do and following the game rules. Grenada was such a mismatch it shouldn't even count, and the Panamanians probably hated Noriega even more than we did.
Then I'll take away Granada and Panama and the USA war machine would have zero accomplishments since WWII...Our record says we generally do better fighting against countries that fight according to conventional rules, and we aren't so good against little guys running around in a disorganized (to us) manner and creeping up on us in jungles and stuff. That thing again about anticipating the enemy based on what we would do and following the game rules. Grenada was such a mismatch it shouldn't even count, and the Panamanians probably hated Noriega even more than we did.
The same argument, not a shift. Military failures are costly and waste lives and resources.
Then I'll take away Granada and Panama and the USA war machine would have zero accomplishments since WWII...
We just need to get out of the boots on the ground plan. Bomb the **** out of them until they are useless or the citizenry overthrow the regimes.
Our ******* government who leashed our military and didn’t let them do what they were trained to do.
Look at Vietnam win every damn major conflict and lose the war.
They must of looked at the wrong polling data.Could Biden have possibly f’ed this up more than he did?
Kirby — ‘American citizens will not be given priority over Afghans’…
Yeah, this is bad. He needs to talk to them ASAP."He's not spoken with any other world leaders," Sullivan said, responding to a question from CNN's Kaitlan Collins.
Biden has not spoken to US allies since Kabul fell, national security adviser says
Biden trying his darn tootingest to out Trump Trump.
Korea probably could have been a win if we hadn't decided to settle for a tie. But again, it was the tale of the body bags coming home and a proxy war fought against a mostly insignificant country. A way for Russia and China to keep us busy without "getting involved" ... too much.