General Mark Milley in a live forum just stated "Special Forces" for as good as they are can't win a war alone. He stated it takes the commitment of the country.
What he didn't say is the USA military hasn't won a war yet when it acts alone. It didn't win anything in Vietnam. Iraq is a complete failure and Afghanistan is no better than before the initial invasion. The Taliban reconstituted in Pakistan while Osama bin Laden enjoyed a life as their leader. FOR YEARS.
May 2, 2011 is the day he was killed by US Special Forces. 2011. Afghanistan was invaded in retaliation of the attacks on September 11, 2001. Nearly ten years bin Laden flourished in Pakistan. The USA military and intelligence knew he did not vaporize with Rumsfeld's Daisy Cutters. Ten years. That is not a success, it is sad.
The last time the USA won a war was WW II.
It takes far more than a country to engage in war and win, it takes a global understanding it is necessary to carry out a war and pull in the same direction. Enough of the nonsense about America is great at winning wars when it acts unilaterally; it is a lie.
Would have the Viet Cong won the Vietnam war if China was allied with the USA? No.
Would the Taliban had reconstituted if Pakistan was a strong ally and committed to ending the Taliban's unique design of control? No. No one is going to tell me the Pakistani ISI didn't know where bin Laden was.
And Iraq. It was the war that never should have been fought and the entire world knew it. The entire world knew it before the invasion. Many Americans knew and know the Iraq invasion was a fabrication. So, don't even go there. The Ba'athists became Daesh delivered by Bush and Blair.
None of that is a lie. The 'end' of the wars by the USA are 'goalless.' They begin for an abstract reason and end in failure. It gives the President something to do. Even Reagan ran his own little war. Was it successful? No.
What he didn't say is the USA military hasn't won a war yet when it acts alone. It didn't win anything in Vietnam. Iraq is a complete failure and Afghanistan is no better than before the initial invasion. The Taliban reconstituted in Pakistan while Osama bin Laden enjoyed a life as their leader. FOR YEARS.
May 2, 2011 is the day he was killed by US Special Forces. 2011. Afghanistan was invaded in retaliation of the attacks on September 11, 2001. Nearly ten years bin Laden flourished in Pakistan. The USA military and intelligence knew he did not vaporize with Rumsfeld's Daisy Cutters. Ten years. That is not a success, it is sad.
The last time the USA won a war was WW II.
It takes far more than a country to engage in war and win, it takes a global understanding it is necessary to carry out a war and pull in the same direction. Enough of the nonsense about America is great at winning wars when it acts unilaterally; it is a lie.
Would have the Viet Cong won the Vietnam war if China was allied with the USA? No.
Would the Taliban had reconstituted if Pakistan was a strong ally and committed to ending the Taliban's unique design of control? No. No one is going to tell me the Pakistani ISI didn't know where bin Laden was.
And Iraq. It was the war that never should have been fought and the entire world knew it. The entire world knew it before the invasion. Many Americans knew and know the Iraq invasion was a fabrication. So, don't even go there. The Ba'athists became Daesh delivered by Bush and Blair.
None of that is a lie. The 'end' of the wars by the USA are 'goalless.' They begin for an abstract reason and end in failure. It gives the President something to do. Even Reagan ran his own little war. Was it successful? No.
