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To: reaganaut1

The military cannot be ready to fight in having to deal with this flotsam.


18 posted on 07/05/2018 8:02:43 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: onedoug

Our military was in Iraq for years, and; is still in Afghanistan. Two Special Forces teams jumped in one led the northern alliance and the other the old head of the country. They ran the Taliban out in days not years. Another member of our US armed forces conventional military had it’s infantry on the ground. All they did was dig fox holes and such.


26 posted on 07/05/2018 8:13:49 AM PDT by Lumper20 (w)
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To: onedoug

> The military cannot be ready to fight in having to deal with this flotsam. <

I read an article where the author argued that our decisive win in WW2 gave the US an unhealthy superiority complex. Since then we have thrown caution to the wind.


30 posted on 07/05/2018 8:23:21 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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