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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) - Goat hearders defeat the most powerful military on earth Vietnam War (1955 - 1975) - Textile workers defeat the most powerful

• bell-cot 3y ago
  That sounds cool...but Afghanistan and Vietnam were proxy wars, where the U.S. decided that holding onto a basket-case country was not worth the cost. And the actual military defeats occurred after the U.S. forces were gone. American Revolution was not actually "Pilgrims against Britain", it was one of the western theaters in the Anglo-French(-Spanish) War.
  • willcipriano 3y ago
    > where the U.S. decided that holding onto a basket-case country was not worth the cost Yes. That's what they were going for. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attrition_warfare https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attrition_warfare The British didn't think it was worth the cost either.
    • bell-cot 3y ago
      > That's what they were going for. Perhaps the U.S. pro-gun folks need to advertise more widely that their imagined "victory scenario" is "turn the U.S. into a smoking crater/basket case, which the U.S. Army won't think is worth holding onto"?
      • willcipriano 3y ago
        You'd give up your right to self defence to a government that would "turn the U.S. into a smoking crater" before they would return the power to the people?
  • saiya-jin 3y ago
    Very few wars in history end with defeating every single last enemy, ie in WWII style. Most come to same conclusion - 'its not worth fighting anymore'. That requires sane leader of course, or deposition of insane one.