I’d like to look more into the failures of the US military. I have a suspicion that their goal is mainly to enrich defense contractors and intimidate the rest of the world. Anything else is merely a bonus to them.
US infantry veterans of Vietnam and Afghanistan constantly talk about how they did nothing to advance on threats until they waited an hour for an air strike to blow up the sketchy shrub in the distance
Korea - was losing very badly at first, got pushed all the way to the southernmost point
Vietnam - never quite got a good foothold in the 7 or so years they were there. Wasted countless artillery and air strikes on trying to bomb VC bunkers and trenches, but were ineffective probably 90% of the time. Also was too cowardly to invade the north, when I think it’s likely that China wouldn’t have escalated.
Afghanistan - spent 20 years, got nothing productive done, the liberal govt installed was a failure, no one cared about it, everything was completely pointless in the end.
“Even when I was a lib” is exactly why I turned down an RAF funded uni degree.
Even as an abused and brainwashed tory child I had the moral compass to decide bombing random people based on the whims of government or my superiors was fucking insane.
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I’d like to look more into the failures of the US military. I have a suspicion that their goal is mainly to enrich defense contractors and intimidate the rest of the world. Anything else is merely a bonus to them.
US infantry veterans of Vietnam and Afghanistan constantly talk about how they did nothing to advance on threats until they waited an hour for an air strike to blow up the sketchy shrub in the distance
Well here’s some examples
Korea - was losing very badly at first, got pushed all the way to the southernmost point
Vietnam - never quite got a good foothold in the 7 or so years they were there. Wasted countless artillery and air strikes on trying to bomb VC bunkers and trenches, but were ineffective probably 90% of the time. Also was too cowardly to invade the north, when I think it’s likely that China wouldn’t have escalated.
Afghanistan - spent 20 years, got nothing productive done, the liberal govt installed was a failure, no one cared about it, everything was completely pointless in the end.
So glad I’ve never supported the military. Always felt weird to me, even when I was a lib.
“Even when I was a lib” is exactly why I turned down an RAF funded uni degree.
Even as an abused and brainwashed tory child I had the moral compass to decide bombing random people based on the whims of government or my superiors was fucking insane.
Military worship is weird.