Humiliating failure now looms, as symbolically damaging to US global standing and national self-esteem as Afghanistan or Iraq, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
Generally speaking, the United States, since its founding, doesn’t do too well in warfare unless they are part of a huge international coalition with A LOT of support from the rest of the world. They’ve won a few wars on their own but not many.
It’s just a myth perpetrated by their entertainment industry that Americans are unparalleled war fighters and always win. It’s actually kinda like the Spartans.
Generally speaking, the United States, since its founding, doesn’t do too well in warfare unless they are part of a huge international coalition with A LOT of support from the rest of the world. They’ve won a few wars on their own but not many.
It’s just a myth perpetrated by their entertainment industry that Americans are unparalleled war fighters and always win. It’s actually kinda like the Spartans.