Originally posted by: LegendKiller
Originally posted by: Number1
Originally posted by: LegendKiller
Originally posted by: Number1
The US forces are the best equipped and best trained in the world. The US spends more money per capita on defence then any other country in the world.
Yet, the US army got its ass kicked in Vietnam by a bunch of dedicated under equipped hillbillies.
The US army is getting its ass kicked by a bunch of caveman in Iraq as we speak.
I guess being the best army in the world is not the only factor in deciding who is going to win or loose any given conflict.
No, the rules by which that army has to adhere to is the deciding factor in winning a war. You could take Mohammad Ali, say that he has to fight with a leg and an arm tied to eachother behind his back and he probably won't win (ok, he might ).
In sending the US forces into Iraq, Bush (Rummy or Cheney, whoever pulls the puppet strings) essentially did that. They sent too few troops, dictated where to go and what targets to attack, dictated how it should handle the occupation...etc.
Look at Vietnam. We couldn't attack Hanoi very much, some targets were extremely limited. It was pure political BS.
If we had gone into either situation full-bore, unlimited warfare dictated by *GENERALS* (not politicians) both would have worked flawlessly.
So what you are saying is that unlimited carnage is the solution? Let the general run the show, kill everything in sight and we will win everytime? Anne coulter would be proud of you.
It's amazing, I heard my voice but my mouth wasn't moving.
No, what I am saying is that people expect us to go in KATN every time and win in any situation. However, that isn't a reasonable expectation given the limitations we place upon ourselves.
Realistically, in Vietnam, we would have waged a stronger war against Hanoi, hitting real targets instead of hiding from them so that the Chinese didn't enter the war (realistically they already had).
In Iraq we should have not disbanded the army (like the generals said), gone in with 3x the troops (like the generals said), gone after the Fadayeen (as the generals said) instead of going to Baghdad right away (Stalingrad anybody?), shut down the border with Iran (we have a problem with borders), and aggressively gone after militants while enticing the Iraqi army with actual paychecks and not IOUs.
Now, I am somebody who cannot stand Anne Coulter, so you can just take your strawman attacks and shovel them.