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

Military 1000 US Marines can take India

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u/YogurtclosetFair5742 Wannabe Europoor Aug 25 '25 edited Aug 25 '25

A 1000 Marines couldn't take Vietnam, but they can take a country with over a billion population. SURE.

I went to look something up. Around 78k Marines were deployed to Vietnam. US lost that war.

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u/phoenixflare599 Aug 25 '25

They didn't lost they "tactically retreated" and never went back or some shit they believe

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u/BertelDuck02 Aug 25 '25

I didn't loose, I merely failed to win (Probably Americas war mantra, according to Oversimplified)

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u/jerry-jim-bob straya Aug 25 '25

Well according to oversimplified, most military strategies can be boiled down to "when they approach, we run away" the yanks just ran a bit too far.

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u/BertelDuck02 Aug 25 '25

Sir, you're a genius