I realised why I hate such pieces: It's fanboyism. In reality, the most recent conflict is/was against the Taliban/Al Quaida/randoms grouping, right? The Talib

I realised why I hate such pieces: It's fanboyism. In reality, the most recent conflict is/was against the Taliban/Al Quaida/randoms grouping, right? The Taliban's navy is no match for the US Navy, but the Taliban won against the US anyway. The previous was perhaps against those Somali warlords, who also beat the US. The US had better weapons, but the Somali found a near-suicidal tactic that eventually made the US cede. Around the same time, Saddam didn't exactly win but he didn't exactly lose either. Before that, Hezbollah forced the US out of Lebanon. The US had more bombs and weapon systems, but the Hezbollah had enough bombs and good-enough ways to deliver them. This piece doesn't seem to even try to relate the warships and their abilities to any of these four conflicts. Fanboy crap.