“””That same incompetent military has killed 10s of thousands of Ukrainians and basically destroyed a country.
The much hyped US Military was in Afghanistan for 20 years fighting goat herders, we left and the goat herders are now back and in control.”””
The difference is that the much-hyped Russian military has proven to be barely competent on the battlefield while the much-hyped American military performed well on the battlefield.
We left because of politics while Russia may have to leave because of their military.
Are goat herders in charge of Afghanistan, after 20 years thru multiple Presidents, the US military could not come up a plan to keep that from happening.
Same thing happened in Vietnam.
This is the classic case of winning the battle but losing the war.