• Wogi@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Don’t worry. The US may have the most experienced, well funded, and outfitted military on the planet, but the bafoons at the top keep getting in the way of the military executing a war the way it wants to.

    See: Iraq 2, WMD boogaloo, or the cult classic Vietnam: Congress goes to war.

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      You really aren’t even joking at all. This is what happens when Congress gets out of the way of the military.

      https://youtu.be/rD2C1H-dzzI

      Dude has a channel dedicated to telling the unbelievable stories of what our soldiers have done when the leash comes off.

      Warning: dude is a conservative, so his takes on socialism and communism are what you’d expect

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        I wasn’t kidding in the slightest. If the DoD had executed the second Iraq invasion it would have taken a few days. But Rumsfeld and his croneys insisted on it being done their way, and they didn’t know shit about fuck when it came to warfare. (Note: this may have been because Rumsfeld was lying and committing crimes that, had the military done things the way they wanted, would have been exposed.)