This happened in Iraq and Afghanistan. Terrorists would get picked up in raids and given to terrorist run courts where they walked out the back door. The same insurgents were getting picked up week after week.
Always been meaning to ask, but did the USA forget how to conquer countries or something? I have a hard time believing they would tolerate that shit for very long.
We don't "conquer countries" anymore. We engage in "peace-keeping operations" and "nation building", both of which are rarely, if ever, successful due to not having clear conditions for success in the first place.
Give our boys a clear victory condition and the latitude to get it done and it would be over in hours or days rather than years.
This happened in Iraq and Afghanistan. Terrorists would get picked up in raids and given to terrorist run courts where they walked out the back door. The same insurgents were getting picked up week after week.
Always been meaning to ask, but did the USA forget how to conquer countries or something? I have a hard time believing they would tolerate that shit for very long.
The military isn't in charge of war anymore. There has been a long running fued between the Pentagon and State Department, and state won.
We don't "conquer countries" anymore. We engage in "peace-keeping operations" and "nation building", both of which are rarely, if ever, successful due to not having clear conditions for success in the first place.
Give our boys a clear victory condition and the latitude to get it done and it would be over in hours or days rather than years.