Originally Posted by crockett

The US is just fine fighting a normal war against an invading army. Such as if China tried to take over Taiwan or if North Korea tried to take over South Korea. Those are the types of wars we are best at.

The problem with wars like Iraq and Afghanistan is we are the invading army and when you are the invading army and try to control the country it's a much different war. Much harder and it doesn't help that we have an admin that's more worried about big business profits vs soldiers lives.

Just look at history and you can see that conventional armies almost never win against long drawn out insurances. For example look at the first war America ever fought.. We were the insurgents and we kicked the buts out of the conventional army of the Britt's.

Then look at Vietnam we were the conventional army and they were the insurgents, we won all the battles yet they still won the war. Lets not also forget that the French had their ass handed to them in Vietnam before we ever stepped in.

Now look at Afghan, the Soviets got their ass handed to them and we're no doing much better there. Now Iraq is the same.

It's nothing to do wth the US army because we can defanily kick ass it's the type of wars. Almost never can a conventional army win aginst a well armed insurgancy.

With China or NK, we wouldn't be an invading army, it would be more of a fight until they surrendered or were beaten which is the wars we are best at. Insurgencies almost never give up or surrender until they get there way, because they have much less to lose.