I wander how the history books in the furure will judge this country's military might. World War II was the only great war America won in modern times and that with the help of her allies. Shortly after WWII they got into the Korean fiasco which ended in failure. Lives lost, lives ruined and for what? To create a despotic dictatorial regime that sees the US as the biggest pariah in the world.
This country got involved in the Kuwait war against Iraq that they won. No great victory, but they won. However American involvement in Vietnam was another total failure. After years and years of fighting and human casualties America had to leave with her tail between her legs. The military superiority of this country was overcome by the Vietnamese. After all these years the disabled veterans from the Korean fiasco are still amongst us and are suffering the aftereffects of that war, The physical as well as psychological.
They went into Sudan but had to shamefully retreat. They went into Iraq but that was not a great glory either. The real McCoy was Afghanistan. This country supported the Taliban when they were fighting the Soviets and hoped they had a lifetime ally. But as it turned out the Taliban became one of Americas biggest enemy. After years of fighting a disorganized guerilla type war suddenly last year the United States withdrew all of its forces and presence from that country. Why did all those people die and got crippled for?
The other military victory that comes to my mind happened on the Caribbean island of Grenada. This island was invaded by Cuba. When the Americans marched in they found three drunken on rum Cuban soldiers who were more than happy to give up.
This is our military history. Not very glorious but this all we have. We are good rattling our sabers but don't have much to show. In the Mao days China called America a paper tiger.
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