ThisMachineKillsFascists [they/them] to news • 10 months agoDespite Trillions Spent, the US Military Hasn't Won a Real War Since 1945external-linkmessage-square42 fedilinkarrow-up1130
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minus-squaregrazing7264 [they/them, comrade/them]hexbear37·edit-210 months agoKorea, loss despite dropping more ordinance than WW2, destroying every structure in the country and killing 1 in 5 of the entire population Vietnam, total loss Afghanistan, total loss Ukraine, losing to Yeltsin Jr. Who did these wars benefit? link
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.onehexbear6·10 months agoUkraine? We're not fighting in Ukraine ffs. Losing? The jury is still out on that. If Russia is "winning" it looks an awful lot like losing to me. Anyway... Really all the wars are beneficial to the rich and esp the military industrial complex. I hope we all know that. Invading Afghanistan was colossally stupid (from a geopolitical standpoint) and I said it would be a disaster as the sabers started rattling. Vietnam and Korea... don't know much... I kind of assume it was red scare bullshit gone off the rails. Idk. Welcome to be schooled on that. linkfedilink
minus-squareItsPequod [he/him]hexbear24·10 months agoListen to Blowback they got the education you need on Korea and Afghanistan, most recently. link
minus-squaresicklemode [they/them]hexbear20·10 months ago Ukraine? We're not fighting in Ukraine ffs. Losing? The jury is still out on that. If Russia is "winning" it looks an awful lot like losing to me. Ukraine's Western Sponsors Running Out of Ammo & Out of Time British Challenger Tank Destroyed in Ukraine + Heavy Losses Amid Failing Offensive US Considers ATACMS as Ukraine's Offensive Struggles + Problems to Come The jury isn't out on anything. Ukraine is finished, and NATO is running on fumes to supply it. What in the world are you on about here? Present your case on why "it looks an awful lot like losing to me". link
minus-squareCatradora_Stalinism [she/her, comrade/them]hexbear13·10 months agowait real question, didn't recent leaked info reveal american special forces already fighting in ukraine, or did I imagine that link
minus-squarebarrbaric [he/him]hexbear13·10 months agoIn April, 14 US special forces, which are allegedly stationed at the embassy (more interesting imo are the 50 UK special forces out of a total of ~100 NATO troops). This came out in a leak on discord, and IIRC some US officials say it was valid. link
Korea, loss despite dropping more ordinance than WW2, destroying every structure in the country and killing 1 in 5 of the entire population
Vietnam, total loss
Afghanistan, total loss
Ukraine, losing to Yeltsin Jr.
Who did these wars benefit?
Ukraine? We're not fighting in Ukraine ffs. Losing? The jury is still out on that. If Russia is "winning" it looks an awful lot like losing to me.
Anyway...
Really all the wars are beneficial to the rich and esp the military industrial complex. I hope we all know that.
Invading Afghanistan was colossally stupid (from a geopolitical standpoint) and I said it would be a disaster as the sabers started rattling.
Vietnam and Korea... don't know much... I kind of assume it was red scare bullshit gone off the rails. Idk. Welcome to be schooled on that.
Listen to Blowback they got the education you need on Korea and Afghanistan, most recently.
Ukraine's Western Sponsors Running Out of Ammo & Out of Time
British Challenger Tank Destroyed in Ukraine + Heavy Losses Amid Failing Offensive
US Considers ATACMS as Ukraine's Offensive Struggles + Problems to Come
The jury isn't out on anything. Ukraine is finished, and NATO is running on fumes to supply it.
What in the world are you on about here? Present your case on why "it looks an awful lot like losing to me".
wait real question, didn't recent leaked info reveal american special forces already fighting in ukraine, or did I imagine that
In April, 14 US special forces, which are allegedly stationed at the embassy (more interesting imo are the 50 UK special forces out of a total of ~100 NATO troops). This came out in a leak on discord, and IIRC some US officials say it was valid.