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wow!!! in roy jones jnr's voice - ya'll must've forgot the us lost the vietnam war. it was supposed to be quick and easy right. same as iraq war ? nothing in wa
by dzonga 5y ago
wow!!! in roy jones jnr's voice - ya'll must've forgot the us lost the vietnam war. it was supposed to be quick and easy right. same as iraq war ? nothing in war is ever quick and easy. and in war, who wins is not who has the biggest guns but who has nothing to lose. you think the us can afford to send more young men, to TW whilst the TW ain't willing to do that themselves.
- ericmay 5y agoI’m not following the point you’re trying to make. Defending Taiwan and sinking Chinese ships in modern combat is not even close to the same kind of war as Iraq, Afghanistan, or Vietnam where the population (in some respects) was against U.S. presence except in the case of Iraq where the U.S. demolished all of the Iraqi military in a couple of months when engaged in actual nation state level war. In this scenario I doubt a single soldier would be deployed except to Korea or Japan just in case. Certainly not to invade China or something crazy, and there’s little reason for any to be on the island of Taiwan where, as luck would have it, would be actively cooperating with American forces to repel an invasion. Why would the Taiwanese not fight against an invasion of their country? Are they just wasting money buying missiles and planes to defend their island against China for no reason? I think you just have a slant here and aren’t thinking about how these forces might interact. Comparing the invasion of Taiwan by China in 2021 to U.S. war in Vietnam is very confusing. Maybe you’re trying to make me angry by saying the U.S. lost the war? I mean they did “lose the war” in the sense of “why are we killing all of these people again? Let’s go home and stuff.”. But who cares anymore? This isn’t sports where we are keeping a score.