Have our enemies found a way to defeat the United States?

Have our enemies found a way to defeat the United States?

Iraq is kicking American combat troops out of Iraq, at Iran’s behest, just as the U.S. leaves Afghanistan. We are now 1-3-1 in major conflicts since 1945. Our enemies’ successful strategy appears to be to attack us from third-country sanctuaries and bleed our troops until domestic support for the war collapses.

But that is not all.

One exception proves the rule. In the Gulf War, George H.W. Bush used overwhelming force and attacked into Iraq to liberate Kuwait. He achieved his limited goal in just six weeks, while maintaining popular support.

The one war the US did win, they had a clear and precise objection.  None of the other wars did.

Breaching our NATO commitment to mutual self-defense in Europe, or failing to defend Taiwan against China, would end the American Century with a whimper. Totalitarians in Beijing would assume the mantle of world leadership. Chinese leader Xi Jinping would begin to shape our children’s futures, limiting their economic prospects – and given Han Chinese hypersensitivity to criticism and the globalization of communications, entertainment and media, likely their free expression as well.

And what a horrible prospect that is.  Worse that so many are calling for communism.

Yet, American voters have grown more sensitive to casualties over the past 80 years. This, despite our population growth from 133 million to 333 million, the end of conscription, and an ever-smaller volunteer force. In World War II we suffered 405,399 dead in four years; Korea, 36,515 in three years; Vietnam, 58,209 mostly within seven years; and Afghanistan and Iraq together, 7,056 in 20 years. It hasn’t gotten any harder, or easier, to lose a loved one.

Casualties in a great-power conflict might dwarf those since 9/11. If a conflict over Taiwan devolved into a fleet engagement between the U.S. and China, losses could be particularly severe. For example, the Royal Navy had 6,092 sailors killed in under two days in World War I’s Battle of Jutland. Would America in 2021 bear such losses?

The fight for democracy, human rights, prosperity, freedoms, etc.

The answers were clearly given by all the veterans (past and current), from WWI, to WWII, to the Gulf War, it is a resounding YES!

Those that care NOT for democracy, human rights, prosperity, freedoms, etc. are NOT the ones signing up to server in the western armed forces.

They, like the movie “Revenge of the Sith”, would rather cheer for order at the loss of everything they have.

It also does not help (I think I mentioned it in another topic), the US has not updated/revised their war strategies in the last 30+ years.  The enemies of western civilizations have had 30+ years to devise ways to take the west down.  That military exercise (which the US lost using its current MO), is a prime example the US is NOT ready for 22nd Century warfare against an near-equal opponent.

So yes.  IMO the enemies HAVE found a weakness and are actively exploiting it to their benefits.