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Caspian Report: Why the US military can't even beat the Houthis
2024-09-15
[YouTube] Couldn't win in Iraq, couldn't win in Afghanistan, can't win in Russia, the war in Syria is a quagmire with no exit, now this war they can't win either. Nobody ever gets fired so nothing changes. Why should it? When you reward a behavior you get more of it. Punishment results in behavior changes. But nobody gets punished for failing to win. When was the last time the US military won a war? Grenada 1983?
Not can’t, but won’t, it seems to me.

Posted by:Caspianfan

#8  ^First occupy Dearborn Michigan.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-09-15 15:12  

#7  yemen is a distraction. hamas is a distraction. hezbollah is a distraction. the giver of most middle east conflict is iran. we need to attack iran. occupy chahbahar and work with what happens.
iran declared war on the US in 1979.
Posted by: irish rage boy   2024-09-15 15:11  

#6  Then you have the provocative attacks on China from the west allowing for a greater bond between Russia and China.

(a) China has been hungry for Russian Far East for a long time (cf. Domansky Island incident).
(b) We know China has extensive influence in USA ruling cliques (almost daily reports here in 'burg).
(c) USA & allies engineered Russia/Ukraine conflict and expanded it to a proxy war with Russia.
Connect the dots!
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-09-15 11:37  

#5  Where is all that money draining? Bet that would give you some hints.
Posted by: alanc   2024-09-15 11:27  

#4  In 1902 Britain had already conquered China. The parts that mattered, anyway. The rich seaports. The interior isn't worth it. You cannot conquer China. The Japanese tried for years with a huge army and the utmost cruelty and failed utterly. It's just too big and too rough. Hell, the Chinese don't even want most of China. Just a huge money sink.
Russia and China are natural rivals, not allies.
How do you fuck things up so bad as to drive them together? CIA should be setting up a false flag to wet them at war with each other, as in the Sino-Soviet conflict of the 60s, which was close to setting off an intra-commie nuclear war.
Now BRICS is just getting stronger every day. It's still weak, but what of what use is an infant?
Posted by: Injun the Wicked3081   2024-09-15 10:10  

#3  This idea of Russian partition or China partition is very old. " In 1902 Churchill called China a "barbaric nation" and advocated for the "partition of China". He wrote: I think we shall have to take the Chinese in hand and regulate them. The current western diplomacy or lack of.
Posted by: Dale   2024-09-15 09:03  

#2  #1 yes. The current problem is costs. Huge money drain and too many conflicts thru out the world. Nothing resolved but conflicts only continue and money drain. Now we have Iran adding new technologies to Houthis as well. Seasoned with Russian and China in the background. I can see Russia aiding as a response from western attacks thru Ukraine. Then you have the provocative attacks on China from the west allowing for a greater bond between Russia and China. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend".
Posted by: Dale   2024-09-15 08:50  

#1  Cause all them college educated officers are managers of conflict, not the prosecution of war.

For a start destroy all shipping facilities. Then destroy all POL production and distribution systems. Follow on by destroying all bridges that can carry a load necessary for a truck.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-09-15 07:20  

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