When US operators don't have a huge air superiority advantage, they usually just fold lmao.

https://twitter.com/TelegraphWorld/status/1455637159453601797

  • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    yank soldiers are widely considered to be shit at their jobs among soldiers of other countries

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Our special operations detachments are just glorified assassins. They been rocked before in stand up fights, like Operation Red Wings, where seals kicked the hornets nest in Afghanistan and got got by the local militias.

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        whom amongst us wouldn't want to learn more?

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Red_Wings

        • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          US Strength: 12 Seals, 8 pilots, additional helo crew, 2 Apache Gunships, 2 Blackhawks, 2 Chinooks

          Taliban strength: 8-10, or 70-100 (lmao wut)

          Result: Insurgent Strategic victory

          US casualties: 19 dead, 1 helo shot down

          Taliban casualties: Unknown, highest estimate 35

          Ok. Taking that on its face, how you gonna have two fucking gunships and a dozen SEALs, but ONLY maybe get around 35 and get everyone on the ground owned?

          • mecha_john_brown [comrade/them,any]
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            3 years ago

            "military journalist Ed Darack cites a military intelligence report stating the strength of the Taliban force to be 8–10"

            rekt

            • invalidusernamelol [he/him]M
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              3 years ago

              No amount of technology will ever be able to beat homefield advantage and anti-imperialist spirit.

      • LoudMuffin [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I feel like the local militias actually have to know how to fight vs the US where the moment they start losing they just wait for an airstrike

          • The_Jewish_Cuban [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            It's so thinly veiled Martyrdom propaganda that is almost laughable that people fall for it.

    • Quimby [any, any]
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      3 years ago

      The biggest problem with the US military is the people. All the tech in the world won't help if the people using it are idiots.

      Addendum: just look dumbfuck generals and stuff in the news the past few years. like Michael Flynn. those people are the best the military has to offer. you do get some people like this https://www.purdue.edu/uns/html3month/2001/010726.Javorsek.exceptnal.htm, but they are rare exceptions.

      • cilantrofellow [any]
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        3 years ago

        They’re not the best the military has to offer, they’re just adept at telling the deciders that they’re the best.

        Edit: find yourself an NCO who loves Lenin and reads about Bronze Age tactics.