• plaguesandbacon@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Say what now? Please explain how the US won any of those wars? Last I checked, North Korea is still a thing; Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh and the Taliban rule Afghanistan. But ya it was a “support” problem. They never won those wars because no one wants US imperialism.

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      13 hours ago

      Vietnam the US completed their military goals and forced a ceasefire then years after US support was withdrawn due to admin switch north Vietnman attacked again.

      North Korea had taken most of Korea and was pushed back by the US and with help from the US south Korea was able to stablize and get a ceasefire.

      Afghanistan Taliban was removed from power and lost territorial control. Failed due to US not having built up a strong enough base of support and stablity.

      You can argue they shouldnt have been and never had enough public support. But war wise they did well in all 3 of those wars and objectively “won” the war. Vietnam was especially hard given the terrain and tactics.