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Deminpenn

(17,442 posts)

7. US military did not learn anything, they just adjusted the game so the US would win

Reply to EdmondDantes_ (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 12:07 PM

Yesterday

The whole story is a valuable read because the US has only gotten more dependent on technology and less able to think outside the box. The US also persists in dismissing Iran's military capabilities and their ability to conduct asymetric warfare just as the Iraqis and Taliban did that drove the US out of their countries or contained in small heavily fortified areas.