floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-221 天前"Those rights don't count": Bovino says Pretti forfeited 2nd Amendment rights in fatal shootingwww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square122linkfedilinkarrow-up1669arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: liberalgunowners@lemmy.worldusa@midwest.socialpolitics@lemmy.world
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minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·21 天前The US military is great at fighting other militaries. It’s terrible at fighting resistance movements. It’s why it lost in Iraq and Afghanistan.
minus-squareJoeBigelow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 天前And Vietnam, and south America, it’s why the Russians can’t take Ukraine. When the citizens are willing to be part of the war effort you cannot stop an insurgency without removing that will to fight, or killing every single person.
The US military is great at fighting other militaries. It’s terrible at fighting resistance movements. It’s why it lost in Iraq and Afghanistan.
And Vietnam, and south America, it’s why the Russians can’t take Ukraine. When the citizens are willing to be part of the war effort you cannot stop an insurgency without removing that will to fight, or killing every single person.