On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 04:14:24 -0600 Mirimir <mirimir@riseup.net> wrote:
They did succeed in taking down the Soviet Union, by forcing it to bankrupt itself and disappoint its population.
I don't think the US military did that at all. The russians and their 'satellites' shot themselves in the foot. The soviet system had more central planning and top-down control than fascist western corporatism and so it was less efficient. It's obviously better to give a bit more 'freedom' to your subjects so that you can fleece them better. Then they will happily murder children to defend mcdonalds and coca-cola. And yes, things like jew-kristian religion do help a good deal.
But I think that they've consistently fucked up in the Middle East.
Do they get their budget cut because of their supposed failures? Nope. They just keep getting more money and more power. Total success! Countries get destroyed and 'rebuilt' by american firms. Success.
Generally, they focus too much on short-term objectives, and set themselves up for eventual failure. They count too much on brute force.
Well, of course they are nothing but murderers. But succesful ones. I think calling them stupid would be misleading. They are competent in their narrow field.
Look the US military blew up the WTC to have an excuse to impose a global 'cyber' police state. How's their little plan proceeding?
Short term, it's doing OK. Long term, probably not so good.
Time will tell...Eventually all empires fall, I guess...
I suspect that the Chinese have pwned them hard.
Military speaking? I don't know. Hints?