Re:"No inventions; no innovations" A History of US Steel
by l33t7332273 on Friday December 29, 2023 @09:21PM
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The mission accomplished banner was for Iraq, not Afghanistan. USA explicitly achieved its war aims in Iraq 2(and Iraq 1 for that matter).
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Re:"No inventions; no innovations" A History of US Steel
by michaelt on Sunday December 31, 2023 @07:55AM
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Yes, I suppose the USA did achieve its goal in Iraq, in the sense that they sought to disarm Iraq of WMDs, and Iraq had no WMDs after the war.
Of course, Iraq also had no WMDs before the war, so I'm not sure the episode proves much about America's ability to win.