• Wogi@lemmy.world
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    6 天前

    Don’t worry. The US may have the most experienced, well funded, and outfitted military on the planet, but the bafoons at the top keep getting in the way of the military executing a war the way it wants to.

    See: Iraq 2, WMD boogaloo, or the cult classic Vietnam: Congress goes to war.

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      6 天前

      You really aren’t even joking at all. This is what happens when Congress gets out of the way of the military.

      https://youtu.be/rD2C1H-dzzI

      Dude has a channel dedicated to telling the unbelievable stories of what our soldiers have done when the leash comes off.

      Warning: dude is a conservative, so his takes on socialism and communism are what you’d expect

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        6 天前

        I wasn’t kidding in the slightest. If the DoD had executed the second Iraq invasion it would have taken a few days. But Rumsfeld and his croneys insisted on it being done their way, and they didn’t know shit about fuck when it came to warfare. (Note: this may have been because Rumsfeld was lying and committing crimes that, had the military done things the way they wanted, would have been exposed.)