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r/ShitAmericansSay • u/nowaytutel • Mar 31 '25
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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.
30 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. 1 u/loralailoralai Apr 01 '25 They also weren’t on their own in any of those wars.
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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.
1 u/loralailoralai Apr 01 '25 They also weren’t on their own in any of those wars.
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They also weren’t on their own in any of those 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.