likeaforest@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTrump Just Lost a War for America — No One's Done That Since Nixonwww.dailykos.comexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down12cross-posted to: conservative@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squareCorporal_Punishment@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 months agoHas America actually ever won a war since Gulf War 1?
minus-squarekeimevo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·3 months agoI would amend that to “since WWII”, and the answer would still be no.
minus-squareDomeGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoThe “global war on terror” ended with a rather dramatic raid that killed bin laden. And the war part of Gulf war 2 was an obvious victory. But winning a peace is a fuckton harder. And we haven’t done that since Vietnam.
minus-squareJay101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·edit-23 months ago The “global war on terror” ended with a rather dramatic raid that killed bin laden. No, they executed an accused without a trial or prosecution. In India, they had a multiyear trial before the terrorist was executed.
minus-squareLushed_Lungfish@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoLike on their own? If so, then not even Gulf War 1 counts, b/c they were part of the UN coalition. I think maybe the invasion of Panama?
Has America actually ever won a war since Gulf War 1?
I would amend that to “since WWII”, and the answer would still be no.
The “global war on terror” ended with a rather dramatic raid that killed bin laden. And the war part of Gulf war 2 was an obvious victory.
But winning a peace is a fuckton harder. And we haven’t done that since Vietnam.
No, they executed an accused without a trial or prosecution. In India, they had a multiyear trial before the terrorist was executed.
Like on their own? If so, then not even Gulf War 1 counts, b/c they were part of the UN coalition. I think maybe the invasion of Panama?