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arrow-up1793arrow-down1imageWhat I'm paying to find out I don't have breast cancer. I have insurance. (Ultrasound and mammogram in the USA)lemmy.world@ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square174fedilink
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months ago One thing they are awesome at is armies and weapons. You say that, but we couldn’t defeat a bunch of horse-riding semi-nomads with Kalashnikovs after 20 years in Afghanistan.
minus-square@1984linkEnglish5•5 months agoNo but the US has always been bad at guerilla warfare. Same in Vietnam. Whatever nomads the US are fighting at the time are using intelligence rather than raw military power, and it’s the only way to fight a more powerful force.
You say that, but we couldn’t defeat a bunch of horse-riding semi-nomads with Kalashnikovs after 20 years in Afghanistan.
No but the US has always been bad at guerilla warfare. Same in Vietnam. Whatever nomads the US are fighting at the time are using intelligence rather than raw military power, and it’s the only way to fight a more powerful force.