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[–] 9 points 8 months ago (4 children)

both. it was designed to be a money sink. that's why it's budget is greater than basically all the rest of the world military, but lost a 20+ year war against some of the poorest peoples in the world.

It is incredibly effective against civilians though

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Yeah, the US military is only good at murdering brown agrarian peasants. Especially their ground forces; they regularly get schooled in international exercises and they have to tell the OPFOR to take it easy on them because it hurts their feelings to not be the best.

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