sexywheat [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoWhy the US is facing strategic defeatpolicytensor.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkWhy the US is facing strategic defeatpolicytensor.substack.comsexywheat [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 months ago In order to achieve the same force-to-space or the same force-to-population ratio as Iraq, the US will have to deploy 600,000-1,000,000 troops. Strongest argument that they’ll need a draft that I’ve seen
minus-squareBelly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 months agoGenerals at the time of the 2003 Iraq invasion said they’d need 4 million US troops to occupy the country when we had only 4 million troops worldwide. Bush still went ahead with it and killed a bunch of Iraqis anyway without doing a draft.
minus-squaresomeone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThis is why I worry about tactical nukes. It’s the only quick way to end the war on favourable terms for the US/Israel.
minus-squareoliveoil [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoEven that won’t be so favourable… Everyone will scramble to get nukes.
Strongest argument that they’ll need a draft that I’ve seen
Generals at the time of the 2003 Iraq invasion said they’d need 4 million US troops to occupy the country when we had only 4 million troops worldwide. Bush still went ahead with it and killed a bunch of Iraqis anyway without doing a draft.
This is why I worry about tactical nukes. It’s the only quick way to end the war on favourable terms for the US/Israel.
Even that won’t be so favourable…
Everyone will scramble to get nukes.