• MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    okay but this [unironically] has been statesian military doctrine since at least iraq 2

    edit ooops i accidentally a word

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        Disagree. The people who coordinated this sort of thing were professionals who knew EXACTLY what they were doing

        We used to be a proper country.

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          WW2 supposedly gave us this quote

          The reason the U.S. Navy does so well in wartime is that war is chaos, and the U.S. Navy practices chaos on a daily basis."

          And the cold war gave us the joke that Americans don’t read their manuals.

          Washington’s big tactical play was to murder the Hessians in their sleep during the typical Christmas truce.

          It’s always been a joke of a nation, Trump’s lack of tack just makes it more obvious.