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> Have we already forgotten what happened to Maduro? What other country in the history of the world could pull something like that off? Venezuela was a raid,
by Jtsummers 3mo ago
> Have we already forgotten what happened to Maduro? What other country in the history of the world could pull something like that off?
Venezuela was a raid, not a full on war. And it was so lopsided it was like putting Michael Jordan against a 10-year-old and based on that performance determining that Jordan is the GOAT. It demonstrated that against a remarkably unprepared and unready opponent the US can do well, which tells you nothing about the US's capabilities in actual warfare against a peer, near peer, or just damned determined opponents.
> Russia tried at Hostomel, didn't go so well.
That was not a comparable action to the Maduro raid. The raid was an in-and-out operation, with no need to control any territory for a significant period. Hostomel was a battle over control of territory.
- heavenlyblue 3mo agoAs a note, while there was no war Russia has already acquired Crimea a few years before and it was only a matter of time before invasion itself was to happen, so Ukraine was preparing for that attack more or less.
- lbreakjai 3mo agoVenezuela was also a palace coup. They didn't raid, they came to collect.
- Jtsummers 3mo agoThat as well, what resistance was present was reduced from what it could have been (not everyone was in on it).