The Pentagon is making "heavy preparations" for deploying American troops on the ground in Iran as President Donald Trump continues to weigh his options.
The US military has long been obsessed with World War II era tactics. Which essentially amounts to “We’ve got more troops than you, and we’ve given them bigger guns”.
But this strategy hasn’t been relevant since the end of the Cold War. Why would I care how many soldiers you have stationed at an important facility when I can just blow said important facility up with my big bomb? Their presence is irrelevant. Now that drone combat is so prevalent the number of troops you have is even less relevant.
Iran has essentially managed to defeat the United States without any of their troops moving beyond their border.
While the Korean was hasn’t officially ended, I’d say South Korea came out ahead.
If you count conflicts like Syria and Iraq, the US achieved the goal of toppling their leaders. But in none of those cases were they successful in creating a democratic government.
The US military has long been obsessed with World War II era tactics. Which essentially amounts to “We’ve got more troops than you, and we’ve given them bigger guns”.
But this strategy hasn’t been relevant since the end of the Cold War. Why would I care how many soldiers you have stationed at an important facility when I can just blow said important facility up with my big bomb? Their presence is irrelevant. Now that drone combat is so prevalent the number of troops you have is even less relevant.
Iran has essentially managed to defeat the United States without any of their troops moving beyond their border.
The US always loses to asymmetric warfare. Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam.
I’m not a USA latter 20th century historian - have they actually won a war since WWII
The military can win a war, you just have to be willing to sterilize an entire population to do it. Politics is the issue there.
While the Korean was hasn’t officially ended, I’d say South Korea came out ahead.
If you count conflicts like Syria and Iraq, the US achieved the goal of toppling their leaders. But in none of those cases were they successful in creating a democratic government.