• DomeGuy@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    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.

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      3 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.