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sboatcar

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2. Its more like we didn't let them break us

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 09:53 AM

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Its more like an insurgency than a battle, and the way to win an insurgency is to not give up. The path to victory is not in winning, but refusing to lose until the stronger foe gives up. Its exactly what happened in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

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