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Re:How the weak can win – A primer on protracted war by ProjectArcturis on Thursday March 03, 2022 @09:09PM (#30549744)
Uh.... I think by any measure the insurgency in Iraq was successful in pushing out the US.
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Re:How the weak can win – A primer on protracted war by paxys on Thursday March 03, 2022 @09:18PM (#30549820)
A civilian elected government has been running Iraq since 2005. US wasn't "pushed out" by insurgents but rather left in a planned gradual transfer of power. If anything, militant groups in the region (like ISIL) actually extended US military presence there by many years.
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