Bro, refresh my memory, how did the southwest come into American possession? Secondly, you are confusing strategic defeat for a tactical one. America only failed in those wars because the political objectives of installing favorable client regimes failed. The Arabs got their teeth kicked in every time they engaged American forces in combat. There's a reason they had to wait America out, rather than expel us by force.
The only reason the Taliban are even in power and not fukking boys in caves is because POTUS made the calculation that the occupation, which lasted for 20 years and was never seriously threatened (no Tet like offensive) was no longer worth the time. America would still be in Iraq if their provisional government had granted the basing rights. But America sucks at nation building. Blowing up shyt is easier than enforcing poorly drawn colonial British drawn borders.
