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According to my buddy - an ex-Marine who served in Afghanistan who volunteered in the Ukrainian Army and just got back in September - "we don't understand what's going on... when the Ukrainians listen to our military people they get fricked up. We don't understand the Russians... this is some ancient grudge shite going on... this isn't polite warfare and we insist on keeping the gloves on. The loser goes extinct."

Maybe. To me it feels more like because we have such a sophisticated military that other countries think we also have good military minds.... which IMO isn't necessarily a given. And even if they are highly competent militarily, the US hasn't fought a conflict like this one since Korea or WW2, and the technology is totally different now. We just don't have current battlefield experience doing the type of fighting that is going on.

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Posted by Lee B

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Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:24 pm to VolSquatch

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Maybe. To me it feels more like because we have such a sophisticated military that other countries think we also have good military minds.... which IMO isn't necessarily a given. And even if they are highly competent militarily, the US hasn't fought a conflict like this one since Korea or WW2, and the technology is totally different now. We just don't have current battlefield experience doing the type of fighting that is going on.

We have such a sophisticated military that we overestimate the sophistication of our opponents. Ironically, the same flaw that allowed us to win our Independence from Britain's superior military at the time.

But the collective "First World" thought this kind of confrontation was history... and it would not be happening now if Putin was not a dictator with no checks on his power... who else in Russian society would this war benefit more than hurt?

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