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China has copper mines and oil extraction going on there. They have recently been training some of the Afghan military (who are defecting to the Taliban). They have been building the fiber optic network there. And most importantly Afghanistan is necessary to their belt and road initiative; the Sino-Afgan railway is just the beginning.

China has copper mines and oil extraction going on there. They have recently been training some of the Afghan military (who are defecting to the Taliban). They have been building the fiber optic network there. And most importantly Afghanistan is necessary to their belt and road initiative; the Sino-Afgan railway is just the beginning.

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[–] • 8 pts 3y

but the US operates with israel holding its hands behind its back.

If the US military was not forced to conduct all of their operations with one hand tied to their ballsacks, we would have crushed the NVA/VC, the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and every other group we've engaged with in the last several decades.

But because we play by rules that the enemy does not, we fucking lose every time. They have no qualms about executing captives- but when one of our SEALs stabs a dying enemy fighter to finish him off, we have a fucking congressional investigation into that SEAL and charge him with crimes. For killing the enemy. A warrior being punished for what he was trained to do. This is the absurdity we face.

Our kid-glove treatment of civilians is also a major problem. The civilians of Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan all participate in the war indirectly. The Taliban/Al Qaeda/VC shows up in their village, plants a bunch of traps, tells the villagers where they are, and then prepare ambushes. Civilians were almost always warned of oncoming combat. I've seen it, it's fucking eerie- you'll be in a busy part of town, and suddenly all of the women and children vanish indoors, along with most of the men. Then someone takes a pot shot from a concealed position at your unit.

Those civilians are part of the enemy war effort, and by not brutalizing them the way the enemy does, the enemy will always use them against us. Sometimes, in war, terrible things must be done. Sometimes people need to be exterminated. But we're not allowed to do this. We're not even allowed to rough up captives. You know what they do to our guys when captured? Usually it ends with a "slit throat, hung upside down from a bridge or dragged by a truck". What happens when we capture one of them after wounding them? We use our valuable medical resources to save their lives, provide them with all of their needs, and politely question them.

If we had been putting insurgent fighter's heads on spikes, it would send a very different message. BUT WE ARE VIEWED AS WEAK BY THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE DO NOT DO THINGS LIKE THAT.

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[–] • 2 pts 3y

A big problem though is that the US was in those countries in the first place playing wardog for the israelis. No US war in the last century was for its own benefit. If it were a war of displacement where they intended to colonize those countries with american civilians then the US would stomp out insurgents, build up american communities in those countries, have a loyal fighting force on the ground and actually take over and truly americanize the country, but it was always looting for resources and political bullshit. while fucking with other countries america became weak and stagnant. None of the amazing military tech now is being used for the advantage of the race of the brilliant minds behind it, instead it is being looted via israel to any interested party. Its not a matter of treating civilians nice or not, its a matter of having dodgy victory conditions. The american citizens were told it was to keep the peace and enrich those countries with democracy, but it was the kind of democracy that got biden into power, it was about 'legally' looting those countries for israel, nothing else. It is just disgusting that israel begged america (or more likely demanded) to invade its enemies, stabbed them in the back and started blackmailing them into doing whatever they wanted. guarantee that the seal who was investigated was blackmailed first.

[–] • 0 pt 3y

I remember that training.

Here's an image of typical attire the enemy is wearing.

But that looks like normal clothing...?

No, here's an image of civilians.

All you did was remove the weapons?

[–] • 2 pts 3y

Precisely- there are so many comparisons between our latest two desert wars and Vietnam: the enemy's uniform is civilian clothing. We wear the uniform of an organized military and are forced to conduct ourselves like fucking saints or risk being thrown into the bring forever.

I think the My Lai massacre was partially justified. The civilians are put into a hard spot- threatened into silence by the VC. But they still have the choice of whether or not they could inform the US troops that "You're about to walk into an ambush over there, VC came here last night and threatened us, planted mines here and there, and now they're waiting for you just beyond the treeline." When they withhold that information... aren't they partially responsible for any casualties inflicted in said ambush?

This is what was on the mind of most infantrymen in 'Nam that spent a lot of time in the field/bush. Never know who to trust, you do know that the locals distrust you simply because you're a foreign soldier invading their lands.

During invasions, there must be a certain degree of brutality enacted on the locals if they show any sign of hostility or resistance. This is the nature of war. Otherwise, you have children of villages running off to inform resistance fighters of the invader's movements, disposition, etc..

[–] • 1 pt 3y

Otherwise, you have children of villages running off to inform resistance fighters of the invader's movements, disposition, etc..

And children are used because they know we won't shoot them, but we will give them chocolates and such as well as show them around in an effort to win the "hearts and minds"...because that works when?

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts 3y

Was exactly my question. I was told to stop asking questions.

OK I'll keep wearing this bullseye