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Oh damn this military must of won against half a tiny mid Asian country in the 1970s then
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“Buy ar-15s to fight the government!” US Military:
24 upvotes, 7 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "“Buy ar-15s to fight the government!” US Military:"
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Anonymous 3w

To be fair, random ppl in Idaho are not the Vietcong. There is a difference

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Anonymous 3w

“Must of”

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Anonymous 3w

To be fair, China invaded them within ten years of us and they got fucked too, and they share a border

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Anonymous 3w

Fighting a war in a foreign country is very different than fighting one at home. Those who control the country’s resources and infrastructure will have a huge advantage in neutralizing the opposition, and all that will be left are factions of militia scattered around the country. In a scenario like this, OP is right I think. You’re not gonna outdo the govt. Organization and coordination would make a bigger difference than firepower against a tyrannical govt

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3w

Dads who go shooting on the weekend think they’re literally the same as a force hardened by decades of nonstop fighting and armed and financed by a superpower, the world gave up on taking Vietnam

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

Before the French Revolution, France’s army was seen as the most powerful on the European continent. They got beaten by normal people

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

Idk Idaho could lock in

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3w

I mean the U.S. was basically winning on who killed more, but who knows what would have happened if the U.S. war machine was independent from the political pressure

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

Without the political pressure we would’ve burned Hanoi to the ground like what Israel is doing to Gaza and occupied the north, and the cost of that would’ve made it not last long

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

Are you implying we could’ve “won” by dropping nukes? Or killing en mass with bombs. That wouldn’t really be a win imo

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 3w

The idea was to stop communism there and only way to do that is to station troops there forever or just kill everyone, neither thing was possible so it’s unwinnable

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 3w

Nah just in pure numbers the U.S. would of won eventually, obviously would not of been worth it but they could of

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