• RealFknNito@lemmy.worldEnglish
    514·
    11 months ago

    Ah yeah, they won because of superior firepower and not extremely defensible, mountainous terrain, and knowledge of local complex cave systems.

    • gosling@lemmy.worldEnglish
      526·
      11 months ago

      That’s a lot of words to admit “superior” guns don’t make you superior

      • 𝙣𝙪𝙠𝙚@yah.lolEnglish
        26·
        11 months ago

        Motherfucker this is NCD. Of course superior guns make you superior. Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit

      • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        11 months ago

        Yeah we just knew we couldn’t level the mountains without coming off as the warmongering aggressors we are.

        If we let go of all rules for war we would have just carpet bombed the entire place until everyone was dead.

        But because civilians are a thing we (generally I’m not saying America is a good example of not committing war crimes) don’t do things like that.

        • yeather@lemmy.caEnglish
          4·
          11 months ago

          It doesnt help that even carpet bombing the mountains would be extremely ineffective. Those tunnels run deep man, deeper than anyone thinks. Now we’re wasting a lot more on bombs only to have them escape anyways.