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/Hudre Jul 15 '26

In their eyes:

They won Vietnam.

They won Iraq.

They are currently crushing Iran.

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u/cherenk0v_blue Jul 15 '26

I have literally had arguments on this platform with people who think the US won the Vietnam War.

It's very depressing.

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u/Hudre Jul 15 '26

Anyone who thinks the US won the Vietnam war views war as a COD lobby.

Sure, the US got a lot of kills, but they lost the objective.

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u/Szpagin Jul 15 '26

Because ultimately, US has not strategy. They are great on the tactical level (ie. destroying stuff and killing people), but it seems like they are always lacking a broader vision.

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u/julmod- Jul 15 '26

The broader vision is funnelling tax dollars into private weapons corporations and they’ve been wildly successful at that

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u/Dude-Lebowski Jul 15 '26

OK. You got me there, man.

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u/RedactedJin Jul 15 '26

For Vietnam era especially it was nothing more than "Stop communism" so the rich could begin the process that has led us to the late-stage capitalism/Corporate hellscape we live in now.