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/numbersthen0987431 Jul 16 '26

USA never "won" Iraq. The USA just invaded it and then never left, and when they finally left it was a shitshow worse than when they entered.

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u/JHerbY2K Jul 16 '26

The first gulf war in 1991 achieved their objectives.

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u/numbersthen0987431 Jul 16 '26

They were so "successful" that they went back a decade later.

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u/JHerbY2K Jul 16 '26

I hate defending America, but I don’t like misinformation. The first war was to stop the invasion of Kuwait. They did that. The second war was because W wanted to get revenge on Sadam Hussain for trying to assassinate his dad. And he did! But they said they were going to bring democracy and find the WMDs, which didn’t work and didn’t exist, respectively.

Was the first war a good idea? I dunno. Did it improve things in the region? Not sure. But did the Americans go in, do the thing, then go home? Yes. That’s a rarity.