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This was inevitable. Better to let it happen now than continue to waste resources on a hopeless conflict. A great example of the failure of modern war. The ina
by forz877 5y ago
This was inevitable. Better to let it happen now than continue to waste resources on a hopeless conflict.
A great example of the failure of modern war. The inability of the military to effectively execute total war because of public palatability leads to these outcomes - zombie wars that can never be won, because no one has the stomach to do/say what actually needs to be done.
It's hard not to think about the military industrial complex in all of this - a long term war wasting millions on equipment, supplies, energy, with relatively minimal cost to lives compared to total war, is an ideal money maker.
- AlexandrB 5y ago> The inability of the military to effectively execute total war because of public palatability leads to these outcomes - zombie wars that can never be won, because no one has the stomach to do/say what actually needs to be done. What more could have been done in Vietnam? The US deployed napalm, agent orange, reinstituted the draft at home, maintained a policy of inflicting maximum casualties on the enemy, and still failed to achieve victory. It's also hard to justify "total war" when your sovereignty/existence is not at stake and you're effectively an interloper in other people's conflicts.
- forz877 5y agoThe US never committed to total war in Vietnam, likely because of consequences from the USSR and China. Just because harsh agents were used doesn't mean the US couldn't have been harsher. They certainly could have been. > It's also hard to justify "total war" when your sovereignty/existence is not at stake and you're effectively an interloper in other people's conflicts. Yes, that's my point - so instead you end up in 20 year zombie wars that bleed over time and accomplish little.