the opinion of most of the world is that the US is too powerful for any country to beat
and while i agreed that technology, money and manpower is on the US's side . . .
it doesn't guarantee victory obviously, (korea, vietnam, afghanistan, iraq)
when you look back at major wars this country has fought, it becomes clear that it has never gone toe to toe with a worthy adversary, only flabby and sick enemies
"US victories"
-spanish american war: spain was already in decline for at least 100 yrs
-ww1 : the US join the war a year before it ended, with allies france and britain
ww2 : again, the US joined mid way through the war and with allies
greneda (1983) : invaded a small, relatively defenseless island
Panama (1989) : again, invaded a small country with a small, basic military with low moral and barely any heavy weapons
desert storm : a multinational force ganged up on iraq, the US and UK were never able to take out those SCUD launchers, but most importantly, iraqs army were poorly trained and even more poorly lead

Afghanistan: get pressed by mountain guerillas for more than a decade
Iraq (2003 - present) : we had to bribe guerillas in order to switch sides (2007)
and while i agreed that technology, money and manpower is on the US's side . . .
it doesn't guarantee victory obviously, (korea, vietnam, afghanistan, iraq)
when you look back at major wars this country has fought, it becomes clear that it has never gone toe to toe with a worthy adversary, only flabby and sick enemies

"US victories"
-spanish american war: spain was already in decline for at least 100 yrs
-ww1 : the US join the war a year before it ended, with allies france and britain
ww2 : again, the US joined mid way through the war and with allies
greneda (1983) : invaded a small, relatively defenseless island
Panama (1989) : again, invaded a small country with a small, basic military with low moral and barely any heavy weapons
desert storm : a multinational force ganged up on iraq, the US and UK were never able to take out those SCUD launchers, but most importantly, iraqs army were poorly trained and even more poorly lead

Afghanistan: get pressed by mountain guerillas for more than a decade

Iraq (2003 - present) : we had to bribe guerillas in order to switch sides (2007)



