harmonica
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hahahhaahahawhat exactly are you saying?The main difference between the Soviet - and Chinese - military and the US is simple - the education level of the operators. Also the command and control strategy.
Soviet and Chinese people cannot make any decisions for themselves. Even the most simple of changes has to be approved by "higher headquarters" often going to the very highest level.
Americans can and often do make instant decisions based upon their view of the situation.
You can have all the technology in the world. But, without the ability to use it wisely and in a timely manner, it's worthless.
1. all that education and all that technology and the HUGE advantage of air and naval supremacy did not help in Vietnam or Korea
2. the Chinese gave the US a monumental ass whooping in Korea--not once, but twice--except for the Marines ..and this was 1950
..the Chinese are not stupid
.....MacArthur underestimated the Chinese right before they kicked our asses--twice--kicked a whole Corps off the peninsula--plus beating the crap out of the other units
1. You do not win wars when politicians thousands of miles away micromanage and ignore the military situations. We did not lose a single engagement in Vietnam. Not One. Even the Tet Offensive was a massive loss for the VC and north.
2. We had the North whupped when, knowing that our political leaders didn't have the guts to finish the war, the Chinese unleashed a massive influx of troops. While our losses were terrible, the Chinese lost tens of thousands. We cared about our troops while the Chinese threw theirs into the meat grinder.
Dugout Doug knew exactly what to expect of the Chinese and Truman tied his hands - before firing him.
Take the time to study a little history before spouting off.
Vietnam was unwinnable --see my thread on it
we had 500,000 men there..carriers..amphib ships...air .....and still lost = unwinnable
....they also beat the French
you can't accept the fact that the US couldn't win
.....it doesn't matter if we won every engagement ---the North did not have to beat the US to win
.....now I KNOW you don't know shit--MacArthur fked up big time in Korea --we'll discuss that in another thread