• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    The US military is great at fighting other militaries. It’s terrible at fighting resistance movements. It’s why it lost in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    • JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca
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      8 hours ago

      And Vietnam, and south America, it’s why the Russians can’t take Ukraine. When the citizens are willing to be part of the war effort you cannot stop an insurgency without removing that will to fight, or killing every single person.