Re:Why the world's biggest military keeps losing wars
by ta75757 on Tuesday February 17, 2015 @04:47PM
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The French and Indian War wasn't the French fighting against the Indians. It was the Americans and British fighting against the French and the Indians.
Re:Why the world's biggest military keeps losing wars
by leereeves on Tuesday February 17, 2015 @05:10PM
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Sorry about ruining the joke, but "the French and Indian War" is simply the name Americans gave to their part in the Seven Years War, a worldwide war between France (and allies) and Britain (and allies).
Britain did win.
I dispute that Iraq is governed by a friendly democracy. Iraq, presently is largely split between the Islamic State and the post-Saddam regime currently headed by Haider El-Abadi. Neither is especially friendly towards the US at this point. Islamic State is... well, Islamic State. The Abadi administration, on the other hand, has largely fallen into the orbit of Iran, owing to their shared Shia Islam heritage.
The outcome of the Iraq War reminds me of the old joke about the French and Indian War. "Who won the French and Indian war? It was the British." Likewise, "Who won the America/Iraq war? The Iranians."