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From the PoV of our enemies and rivals, perhaps. But in the bigger picture? We're still futzing around at amateur hours. The quagmire of the Roman-Persian Wa
by bell-cot 2mo ago
From the PoV of our enemies and rivals, perhaps.
But in the bigger picture? We're still futzing around at amateur hours. The quagmire of the Roman-Persian Wars lasted almost seven hundred years - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Persian_wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Persian_wars
- krapp 2mo agoIt still says something if you have to go back over a thousand years to find a worse case.
- bell-cot 2mo agoRome-Persia is an interesting and arguably worst-case quagmire. For a mere worse case, a few decades ago is more than enough: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Iraq_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Iraq_War