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> 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/
by 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 agoYou'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?