ThisMachineKillsFascists [they/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoDespite Trillions Spent, the US Military Hasn't Won a Real War Since 1945www.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down11
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minus-squaregrazing7264 [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·edit-21 year 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?
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year 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.
minus-squareItsPequod [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoListen to Blowback they got the education you need on Korea and Afghanistan, most recently.
minus-squaresicklemode [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year 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”.
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”.