FlyingFrog
Active member
Note, this is not bashing USA at all, everyone knows USA is the only military superpower.
But I do start to wonder, is USA really that powerful as many people imagine it is, but Chairman Mao say USA is just a paper tiger.
My points are:
First:
What kind of real big wars did USA fight since WWII? Which ones did it win which ones did it lose?
As far as I can remember, USA only fought 2 real wars:
(1) Korea War:
USA won from N.Koreans, but lost to Chinese. Why lost to Chinese? Because Chinese troops started from Chinese-Korean border, and beat the US troops back half Korea and took the whole N.Korea in stand, that's why I say Chinese won from Americans.
(2) Vietnam War:
USA completely lost, kicked out of Vietnam, a real big lose of face in the world, a superpower losing to a badly armed small nation. I don't want to hear excuses of those political pressure from inside USA like anti-war movenment, I am only interested in facts, win or lose.
I know USA with all her allies invaded Iraq twice, but what kind of resistance did Iraq do? Almost nothing, almost not a single plance took off to fight, it is not a real war at all, it is simply like an adult beating up a 6 year old kid.
Second:
Can USA really win a big war? I really doubt if USA with all her might can take on big countries like Iran which is really wanting to fight if invaded by USA.
Seems to me, except Korea and Vietnam, USA has never fought a real war since WW2, so how can we be sure USA can win a real big war?
Or is USA's military just a hype like the stock bubble? Or just like what Mao Zedong pointed out, a paper tiger? Because from WW2, when USA faced a real big enemy, it always lost while before the war the Americans took the victory as granted but in the end a terrible lose.
Final point is:
If you learn lessons from past, then you may know a better future.
If you don't learn from history, then you are doomed to lose again.
But I do start to wonder, is USA really that powerful as many people imagine it is, but Chairman Mao say USA is just a paper tiger.
My points are:
First:
What kind of real big wars did USA fight since WWII? Which ones did it win which ones did it lose?
As far as I can remember, USA only fought 2 real wars:
(1) Korea War:
USA won from N.Koreans, but lost to Chinese. Why lost to Chinese? Because Chinese troops started from Chinese-Korean border, and beat the US troops back half Korea and took the whole N.Korea in stand, that's why I say Chinese won from Americans.
(2) Vietnam War:
USA completely lost, kicked out of Vietnam, a real big lose of face in the world, a superpower losing to a badly armed small nation. I don't want to hear excuses of those political pressure from inside USA like anti-war movenment, I am only interested in facts, win or lose.
I know USA with all her allies invaded Iraq twice, but what kind of resistance did Iraq do? Almost nothing, almost not a single plance took off to fight, it is not a real war at all, it is simply like an adult beating up a 6 year old kid.
Second:
Can USA really win a big war? I really doubt if USA with all her might can take on big countries like Iran which is really wanting to fight if invaded by USA.
Seems to me, except Korea and Vietnam, USA has never fought a real war since WW2, so how can we be sure USA can win a real big war?
Or is USA's military just a hype like the stock bubble? Or just like what Mao Zedong pointed out, a paper tiger? Because from WW2, when USA faced a real big enemy, it always lost while before the war the Americans took the victory as granted but in the end a terrible lose.
Final point is:
If you learn lessons from past, then you may know a better future.
If you don't learn from history, then you are doomed to lose again.