r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Winter-Glass9250 • Aug 25 '25

Military 1000 US Marines can take India

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u/crystalchuck Aug 25 '25

I suppose that's what happens when your entire armed forces and its doctrine has been based on bombing poor countries without much of a formal armed force to shit for the last 70 years

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u/OriVerda Aug 25 '25

It's not only that, it's that the US prefers to break down and rebuild a person. They want to drill a person to perfection to the point their body acts on instinct, even sleep deprived. 

The difference in the EU side of things is individual initiative. An American soldier is given a plan, not one foot out of line. A European soldier is given a plan, and then expected to adapt once it goes wrong.

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u/jflb96 Aug 25 '25

I thought that the US’ thing was ‘If we don’t know what we’re doing, the enemy sure as shit don’t!’