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re: Greatest Military Force in human history

Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:16 am to
Posted by lsufan1971
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Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:16 am to
Tom Satterly was a Delta guy that served in Operation task force Ranger(Mogadishu). He talks about the street fighting the night after the choppers went down. He said they killed hundreds of Somalis and they just kept coming. Had a 13 yr old kill his best friend next to him.

Posted by Shepherd88
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:26 am to
Remember in the Bible when the Israelites were commanded to kill everyone, including women and children?

That’s why they reigned for so long in that area and were able to eliminate insurgency. And that’s also why it can’t be eliminated today, bc we can’t go that far.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
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Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:37 am to
We can.

Haven't used nukes since 1945
Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:55 am to
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Why can’t , or possibly more important question. Why won’t we just wipe the “houthis” off the face of the Earth.


Because public opinion, which drives politicians, used to be driven by folks like this…



Now it’s driven by this…

Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 10/23/26 at 11:02 am to
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we have yet to master a plan on how to effectively deal with insurgencies.


Because the only effective way is genocide, and we dont do that. As has been said, the Roman's were the last ones to have any real military success in the middle east and it's because they were incredibly brutal.

The current wack a mole approach isnt bad. Its the only way you can engage a middle east gurilla force without a quagmire. You'll never "win" in the traditional sense, but there is no way to "win" anyway.
Posted by UtahCajun
Member since Jul 2021
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Posted on 10/23/26 at 11:04 am to
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That’s because you cant fight an insurgency.

And this is the entire reasoning behind the 2ndA.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 10/23/26 at 11:06 am to
You *can* fight one but it requires unbridled brutality. You have to kill everyone, poison the wells, salt the fields, etc.
Posted by SpotCheckBilly
Member since May 2020
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Posted on 10/23/26 at 11:12 am to
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Because the American left would call it racist.


True, though "Houthi" is not a race or nation or tribe, so it would not be a genocide either. The Houthis are a fundamentalist islamic political and paramilitary organization backed by Iran that is in conflict with the Yemeni and Saudi governments. Their slogan is:

"God is Great, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse the Jews, Victory to Islam."

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