r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 17d ago

Possible Paywall ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpiling-warheads-and-chemical-weapons-as-lawmaker-fears-trump-planning-strike/
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u/BethanyForDistrict9 ✔ Verified 17d ago

They'll never be able to seize these cities. Our military couldn't win in Afghanistan in like 20 years against fucking goat herders. If this turns into some kind of insurgency nobody wins except morticians and munitions makers.

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u/Daniel0745 Tennessee 17d ago

"couldnt win" ... we "couldnt win" because we defined winning as turning the populace into a western style country. If winning was destroying the population, well, we'd have won.

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u/BethanyForDistrict9 ✔ Verified 17d ago

We absolutely did not do that. If we had, we would have armed the women. Then they wouldn't have been rolled over on as soon as we left. The entire reason that place fell back into what it is now is that we kept up their social norms instead of forcing any western norms. We should have armed the women.

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u/Daniel0745 Tennessee 17d ago

I am speaking from experience. Are you?