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[โ€“] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, but they haven't faced massive minefields, helicopter gunships, artillery, electronic countermeasures, airstrikes, etc when occupying Iraq or Afghanistan. Fighting guerrillas and fighting a peer army are two entirely different beasts, and we see the proof in more western tanks being lost in 2 months than USA lost in 2 decades in Iraq or Afghanistan

[โ€“] Adkml@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also, America keeps losing wars to those guerilla fighters let alone an army with actual military doctorine