Afghanistan Takeaways: What Lessons Did the U.S. and NATO Learn? - Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

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[–]Brewdabier 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

What Lessons Did the U.S. and NATO Learn? don't mess with a better force than you is what they should have learned, but no. The US will spin the 20 year war into a victory just like they did with korean war and vietnam war they lost.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Point of fact: Peace With Honor in 1972 and US troops withdrew. The communists solemnly promised to respect the peace treaty.

Three years later they came boiling across the border like the Nazis into Poland. The media told us it was a loss, and unfortunately we believed them.

[–]Brewdabier 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Call it what you like even though the facts remain. US got a ass kicking in the korean war and the korean war, fas forward to the "war on terror" that lasted 20 years, huge loss of life then if that was not enough the US with it's tail between it's legs left behind everything from energy drinks to armored vehicles when they abandoned a key base in Afghanistan in the dead of night now as for this The media told us it was a loss I was there and know the facts, Please tell your shitforbrains crap on someone else

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Those wars weren't traditional, every side had its part, they have gone according to plan for the most part. You are silly.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, if the media told us, it must be true! I apologize for being skeptical of what they say, and promise to be more trusting in the future.