• Soulg@ani.social
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    16 days ago

    Idk, it’s possible our military just always sucked but Im more inclined to believe it’s just ineffective because the people running it are absolute braindead clowns.

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      16 days ago

      You military has always been extremely capable of attack.

      But your defense has been destroyed by corruption since at least the 90s.

    • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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      16 days ago

      both. it was designed to be a money sink. that’s why it’s budget is greater than basically all the rest of the world military, but lost a 20+ year war against some of the poorest peoples in the world.

      It is incredibly effective against civilians though

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        16 days ago

        A lot of military is just the massive upkeep, and thats I think where the US shines, given they can export any inflation created.

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        16 days ago

        Yeah, the US military is only good at murdering brown agrarian peasants. Especially their ground forces; they regularly get schooled in international exercises and they have to tell the OPFOR to take it easy on them because it hurts their feelings to not be the best.

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      16 days ago

      I don’t think its a question of skill or training.

      Iran holds all the cards.