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Iraqi guerillas destroy myth of America's invincible military
ALL IRAQ WAR DISCUSSION GOES HERE :D
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Quote: from Alan at 11:53 pm on Nov. 25, 2006

The myth died in vietnam.

Our military never lost a battle in Vietnam.  We lst because the public pulled them out before they could succeed.  If you mean "Iraqi resistance" to mean terrorists (and you should), I'd like to see you try to negotiate peace with murderous muslim terrorists.


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Our public forcing the withdrawal of troops was the battle that the NVA won.

That's literally exactly what they wanted the TET Offensive to lead to. We completely obliterated the NVA during the TET offensive, but by allowing the TET Offensive to occur we lost the war, not militarily, but socially. That is still losing. It was their strategy and their strategy worked brilliantly. That's why the TET Offensive is hilarious and ironic, to this day we claim we won. I laugh out loud at the thought.

The "myth" died in Vietnam statement is absolute proof of their success in said propoganda, it was so effective that even today when it is clear that we completely dominated the NVA in every battle fought in the war, including the TET Offensive, that people believe our military superiority was proven questionable at that time. In reality you would think the Korean War would be a better demonstration of how we aren't invincible when you consider that even the Marines (while they escaped nobly, literally taking ALL their dead and injured and even taking abandoned US Army equipment so the enemy couldn't get it) had to run.

Post edited at 8:58 pm on Dec. 23, 2007 by medjai


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How 'bout now, eh?  Read the transcript on Fox News about General Petraeus.

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I am a left wing political activist, but Im in the army (dichotomy? lol) And both militarily and journalistically that article is greatly false. Disagreeing with evidence and putting it down to "media bias" is no way to argue. I could say that the idea that London is the capital of the U.K is false and down to "Media bias"; that does not make it false in reality.

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Quote: from Lalique at 4:46 am on Nov. 26, 2006

well, their guerilla tactics are cowardice.
That's how the Revolutionary War was won.

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To the OP nice article!


Quote: from Pax Anarchia at 3:04 am on Nov. 26, 2006


NO, NO, NO, by playing nice, he means not carpetbombing the shit out of sand niggers who think the Americans are fucking gay.


It is better being a "sand nigger" than being a bunch some of white trash redneck when they drink beer can't distinguish there wife from there mother or sister and last but not least confused of there own gender don't know whether they are male or female hence the cult of gayness where it originated from.


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Quote: from davidmoore0 at 4:30 pm on Jan. 21, 2008

Quote: from Lalique at 4:46 am on Nov. 26, 2006

well, their guerilla tactics are cowardice.
That's how the Revolutionary War was won.

most of the war, including the key battles were fought conventionally, with two armies fighting, not guerilla fighting.

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America gets what it deserves.   9/11 was the most justifiable attack in world history. Remmember the Atomic Bomb there were innocents to. I cant wait till America falls though.  Its overated god damn Amerikkka.

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Quote: from Das Uberdog at 4:40 am on Nov. 26, 2006

Quote: from Libertarian Samurai at 6:37 am on Nov. 26, 2006

It's what we get for playing nice.

Playing nice?!? You mean, having a government which is sort of accountable to the public every four years and an electorate which isn't completely and utterly brain-dead and masochistic?

You're a sick fuck dipshit.


No, he's right. War is a terrible alternative to resort to. And it should be terrible. It should be so terrible that NO ONE would consider it except under the most dire and extreme conditions. But the idea of a humane war is the absolute oxymoron.

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