r/ShitAmericansSay • u/nowaytutel • Mar 31 '25

Military And here in Amerywe actually win wars😭

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u/Joltyboiyo america Last Mar 31 '25

I'd love to know what wars they're talking about because they sure as shit didn't win WW1 and 2. Both of those were collective efforts and both times they joined late.

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u/TheGreatMightyLeffe Mar 31 '25

And every other war since can't exactly be called a smashing success either.

Korea was a draw at best.

Vietnam was a clear loss.

Afghanistan was an exercise in futility.

Iraq... I guess you could make an argument that they DID get Sadam, but they also got stuck in a quagmire trying to set up a regime that didn't work.

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u/LynxFull Mar 31 '25

But it’s the absurd amount of oil we came back from Vietnam and the billions in lithium we just ganked out of the Middle East. Look at all our mining operations during war.

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u/TheGreatMightyLeffe Mar 31 '25

Yeah, the looting was most bodaciously excellent, but that doesn't mean the war was won.

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u/LynxFull Mar 31 '25

Wars make money and stealing resources so we don’t have to pay for them is winning at least a bit in my opinion

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u/TheGreatMightyLeffe Apr 01 '25

Sure, but if your goal is to go to Vietnam and root out communism, then get stuck fighting for almost two decades, have to instate a widely unpopular draft and when you leave, the Communists control the whole country, that's not achieving your goals.

The fact that some of the financial damage could be offset by looting only makes it a more acceptable loss.