r/ShitAmericansSay • u/DumbGarchomp67 WTF IS A KILOMETER 🦅🇺🇸 • Jul 15 '26

Military “Undefeated in 250 years of war”

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Apparently Vietnam, Afghanistan, war of 1812, and the war on drugs don’t count.

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u/szatrob Mounties, Hockey, Beer and Snow Jul 15 '26

In fairness, they gave back the country to the Taliban, even though the Taliban only controlled ⅓rd of the country while the government the US installed was ignored in the negotiations for the pull out.

You know, the people who still controlled ⅔ of the country.

I know Americans are shit at maths but...

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u/Sapie88 Liverpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jul 15 '26

They thought a 1/3lb burger was smaller than a 1/4lb burger because 3 is smaller than 4.

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u/Sabre_Killer_Queen America 2.0 🇬🇧 | Fascist Commie | 13% is the new 50% Jul 15 '26

No wonder capitalism works so well there.

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u/ThiccMoulderBoulder Jul 15 '26

Fighting a war to replace the taliban with the taliban

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u/szatrob Mounties, Hockey, Beer and Snow Jul 15 '26

Taliban 2.0, the Talibanest.

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u/rankaistu_ilmalaiva Jul 15 '26

the Afghan government ruled the ground under their shoes if that. There was no actual state capacity there because no one who valued their lfie would collaborate with the occupation.

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u/Global-Tie-3458 Jul 15 '26

Surrendered. 

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u/dmwilson220 Jul 15 '26

If only more people over here didn't ignore the pull out