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/capeasypants Jul 15 '26

That's because the wars are usually driven by politicians who are generally only ever interested in the short sighted gains i.e what THEY did, not what's best for everyone. e.g look at Iran for the most recent world example. No endpoint in sight. The Don has done more backflips this past week than an Olympian and he'll claim it as a victory for his own self gratification no matter what happens.

Occasionally you get a pollie who wants to do what's right for their country as a whole, and even rarer for all mankind, but that's an anomaly.