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Re:"No inventions; no innovations" A History of US Steel by riversflow on Friday December 29, 2023 @06:01PM (#38811247)
> Military objectives were achieved in Afghanistan, but not in Korea

Hard disagree on Korea. South Korea is a hell of an ally, very inconvenient for the PRC.

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Re:"No inventions; no innovations" A History of US Steel by DoughnutHole on Friday December 29, 2023 @07:52PM (#38811904)
Just because the US got a useful ally in the long run doesn’t mean that the military objective was met. That wasn’t the objective of the war.

The objective of the US once they pushed back the initial invasion in the Korean War was to destroy the DPRK, force communism out of Korea, and unify the country. They failed. The war became a stalemate once China got directly involved.

If Vietnam becomes a stalwart ally of the US over the next 20 years that won’t mean the Vietnam War was a success just because the US ended up eventually having a useful interest in the region.

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Re:"No inventions; no innovations" A History of US Steel by l33t7332273 on Saturday December 30, 2023 @04:30PM (#38819383)
> That wasn’t the objective of the war

The objective of the war was to prevent the spread of communism. That goal was achieved.

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