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Saigon fell, and the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan.

• firesteelrain 2mo ago
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• matheusmoreira 2mo ago
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  • srean 2mo ago
    > Yeah, because the USA pulled out. Is that and act of victory or defeat ?
    • matheusmoreira 2mo ago
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      • firesteelrain 2mo ago
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      • bothers 2mo ago
        That just means the military, aircraft carriers, all that, were so ineffective that the enemy didn't even need to bother destroying them to achieve victory. It doesn't matter what would have happened if various parameters were different, if only we had gone all out this one time, and the point of war isn't the act itself of making cool trucks shoot at each other, and it's silly to argue that your home isn't insecure after a thief absconds with your valuables, but failed to pick the lock you put on the chest-high fence gate. (Pardon my silly phrasing, I mean no hostility or condescension!)
        • firesteelrain 2mo ago
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