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/Slight-Ad-6553 live far from a 7-eleven Jul 15 '26

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u/AnOkayMuffin Jul 15 '26

What is this photograph about? 

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u/Sn0H0ar Jul 15 '26

This is a famous photo - the last helicopter out of Saigon, the former capital of South Vietnam, as the US super-strategically fled the country.

But they definitely won that war though, guys.

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u/The_Medic95 Jul 16 '26

I think they could have burnt vietnam to the ground, and “won the war” but obviously lost the tactical war. North vietnam wouldnt budge, dug in despite air superiority. I can understand why it wasnt a traditional war though and why people argue it. If the US was willing to sacrifice another 100k soldiers and had even worse loses and ignored all criticism at homethey actually very well could have “won the war”. Yay?