floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-224 hours ago"Those rights don't count": Bovino says Pretti forfeited 2nd Amendment rights in fatal shootingwww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1659arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·18 hours agoThe US military is great at fighting other militaries. It’s terrible at fighting resistance movements. It’s why it lost in Iraq and Afghanistan.
minus-squareJoeBigelow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoAnd 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.
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.
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.