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US intention was not to occupy and control the county. It is very different situation. If invader wants to control the county, profits massively from all the re
by sytelus 5y ago
US intention was not to occupy and control the county. It is very different situation. If invader wants to control the county, profits massively from all the resources and don't care about human lives there then no amount of protracted war is going to push them out.
- 8note 5y agoThe US occupied and controlled the country for ~20 years. If that wasn't the intention, you'd think they'd have left by year 5
- ClumsyPilot 5y ago"profits massively from all the resources" Like what? After a war everything is bombed, destroyed or polluted. Iraq didnt even have running water. Economy was in ruins. Its not the dark ages any more, microchips are more valuable than gold and even oil needs serious infrastructure. Every war is extremely expensive - for the amount if money spent in iraq US could have bought every homeless person a penthouse. On the moon.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> Like what? Shelling nuclear power plants, for example [1]. The expensive part of modern warfare is precision. Abandon one's soul, dial up the yield and razing a nation becomes quick work. Ancient armies wiped out civilizations with less firepower than a CVN. They were simply unconcerned with being brutal. [1] https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/top-wrap-1-europes-largest-nuclear-power-plant-fire-after-russian-attack-mayor-2022-03-04/ https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/top-wrap-1-europes-la...
- notriddle 5y agoWho wants to plant their flag on a lifeless husk?
- thematrixturtle 5y agoJudging from their behavior in Chechnya and Afghanistan, the answer appears to be "Russia".
- cutemonster 5y ago"Putin" and his closest men.