We gave them both up long after directed military conflict. It was political failure, not a military failure. So was Vietnam.
It was political failure, not a military failure
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The enemy won, they achieved their goals in removing us. “ War” has many aspects, the one with a superior military no longer dictates the outcome, as we are witnessing worldwide.
The US is all shock and awe, depleted inside a month. They are learning much from Russia’s war of attrition, we have no defense ( or stomach) against that.