And yet a bunch of goat humping savages in a 3rd world country managed to fight the United States Military to a draw.
If you dropped both the 82nd and 101st Airborne into western Kentucky with hostile intent they wouldn’t last a month.
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ROE would be vastly different. I’ve always thought we were the enemy our military would be allowed to totally destroy.
Exaggerating, just a little, aren’t you?
1. Fighting a low-intensity war on the other guy’s turf takes a while and requires our guys to spend a long time in country to learn the languages, the cultures, the operating environment to effectively change their minds or just kill them - without getting too many of us getting killed while we do it. Technology and air power help but they are not going to win anything. Those kinds of wars take time and a very high level of proficiency. I feel sure that you have had the opportunity to learn these lessons first hand.
2. Don’t underestimate the XVIII Airborne Corps. The are good and highly proficient young men and immensely patriotic. They and their past adversaries know very well how quickly death comes when they arrive. I couldn’t imagine why they would come western Kentucky “with hostile intent” but should they do so, I would advise that all the denizens of that area find a very deep bunker and avoid annoying them.