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[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (3 children)

US lost in Vietnam and Korea but don't want to admit it. Let's just call a spade a spade and admit military powers all suck.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (3 children)

invade thier front lawn

Bit of a difference there. We'll literally had to travel to the jungle.

Still lost? But a comparable country for us to invade would be Canada or Mexico.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (3 children)

That's true and very fair, but also you did try to invade Canada and failed so badly they burned down the white house.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Yeah! Now we're shitting on the US properly

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

🎶 Oh, Caaaanadaaa... 🎶

The "51st state"? I have faith in the true North Americans. If they did it before, they can do it again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

But that also predates the US being a military hegemony sooo…

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

invade would be Canada

How boot not, eh?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

So give it a couple months and we find out?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I dunno, if you look at the track record, Afghanistan is a pretty impressive military power. They defeated the US, Russia, Britain...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Yeah but same for Vietnam. Both are a nightmare to invade but rarely pick fights

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Losing a trade war right now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I think the drugs won the war on drugs too