Post by @vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works

@vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works

2026-10-18 14:36 UTC

The US has lost all but two of the wars it has committed itself to since WW2, with Korea and Desert Storm being seaming flukes at this point. What’s another mark upon that record, better to cut losses than be further humiliated at this point. The empire is already burning let’s not send further legions into Germania.

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@phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2026-10-20 13:42

Korea and Desert Storm being seaming flukes at this point It’s even less stellar than that. Korea was a stalemate. Desert Storm achieved its limited objectives but didn’t resolve the underlying problems, so we got Gulf War 2 (which had poorly defined objectives and which failed on a far greater scale). There were far smaller skirmishes such as the Grenada invasion and the NATO intervention in the former Yugoslavia that were arguably more successful at their near-term, limited aims. If there’s any lesson to be learned, it’s that the Powell Doctrine should be reinstated. Also, that imperialist interference is a loser’s game, and initiatives by broad international coalitions are less likely to degenerate into clusterfucks.

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