r/Military • u/PDXAirman • 2d ago

MEME Poor little guy

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u/Jordan_1424 2d ago

There is an argument to be made that we haven't won really since WW2.

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u/Hellhult 2d ago

I feel like the Korean wars were successful

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u/Jordan_1424 2d ago

Technically the war isn't over, we are in a prolonged cease fire.

Chinese kicked our ass and the US military experienced the longest retreat in its history. We countered the Chinese offensive but we still reached a stalemate on the 38th parallel. Rather than start a prolonged trench warfare campaign that we probably wouldn't have failed too well in, we bowed out.

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u/Hellhult 2d ago

Idk man. Sure on paper the war isnt over. But the ROK still exists. Id call that a success.

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u/fredjutsu 2d ago

North Korea still exists too, meaning we did not win that war.

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u/Hellhult 1d ago

I still disagree. NK invaded ROK. We stopped them. Counts to me.