Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-221 days agoAmerica isn’t ready for another war — because it doesn’t have the troopswww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkAmerica isn’t ready for another war — because it doesn’t have the troopswww.vox.comDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-221 days agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBelly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·21 days agoThe US wasn’t ready for Iraq and Afghanistan, either. I remember a general on TV saying we’d need 4 million troops to occupy Iraq. We had 4 million troops total stationed across the globe. Still, Bush decided to open up a second front.
minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·21 days agoThe difference is in 2001 the US was at the height of it’s power.
The US wasn’t ready for Iraq and Afghanistan, either. I remember a general on TV saying we’d need 4 million troops to occupy Iraq. We had 4 million troops total stationed across the globe. Still, Bush decided to open up a second front.
The difference is in 2001 the US was at the height of it’s power.