Spanish American war
When we fought Spain we still werent a major player on the world stage...we fell into our own and hit our stride WW2, sometime around 43' depending on the historian you ask.
fact is they were still in decline
WW2:
We entered the war late cause that shyt was on the other side of the globe, had nothing to do with us. You gotta remember, we was different then, we wasnt as friendly and open to other countries like we are now. Treaties, alliances all that shyt. We was going, isolationism was real. We fought one before and wasnt rushing for another. We gave alot of war materials to alot of allied countries. Germany had the clamps on UK, and without the supplies We sent they would have fallen too. We had legendary battles in Europe, Africa, and the pacific. The 82nd Earned its rep during ww2.
i said the US entered WW1 late, not WW2 . . but anyway, germany took on 4 major powers AT THE SAME TIME, actually it was Russia that defeated germany, but only because of pressure on the western front.
Grenada and Panama weren't wars and we won those skirmishes too. Hence dudes who got stars on their combat infantryman badge, received them on behalf of Vietnam.
when those rounds start flying, it doesnt matter if its a skirmish or war . . . point still stands, the US fought a small weak military
Persian gulf:
We are better trained and equipped than alot of our opponents, doesn't make it less of a fight. The Republican guard was elite.
this is a myth, in that the popular opinion is that the republican guard was on par with the marines or other elite units, nothing could be further from the truth, the republican guard was "elite" because it was LOYAL to saddam, they had plenty of experience suppressing his political enemies, but still had poor training and even worse leadership
Afghanistan:
The Taliban was well funded and well armed. They was getting checks from the high density of poppy that grows there and they were funded by alot of governments. They had anti Aircraft guns too homie. We took losses but we smacked them too. Alot of Taliban switched under ISIL and alot got killed by those same dudes, they weren't respected for losing. Al quieda switched flags too. Same reason.
when the taliban gets a hold of AA systems, predator type drones, spy satellites, modern tanks, aircraft, helicopters etc. then it would be a fair fight . . . they fight with weapons that came on the scene in the 60s
and the taliban are smackin ISIS in afghanistan, don't get it twisted, the afghans see the foreign fighters as outsiders also to a degree
Iraq:
Alot of dudes we fought and were in charge in Iraq were remants of the same groups. Every military force in the world pays off foreign fighters to flip. Insurgents do the same for citizens to spy. Russia flipped on Germany halfway through WW2.
russia flipped on germany . . .because germany invaded russia
point still stands, in Iraq we had to bribe insurgents to stop attacking US forces and help us defeat Zarqawi, we didn't defeat the insurgency, we just rented them for some breathing room
We've had what, 4000 odd deaths in 15 plus years? Testament to training, and i know my people were trained well. Ask the enemy what their casualty rate is.