Small wars like the ones in Vietnam and Afghanistan demonstrated that?

Answer 1

First define small wars. During the Vietnam War, OVER 7 million tons of bombs were dropped on the enemy; in WWII only 2+ million tons of bombs were dropped on the enemy.

In Vietnam, the US lost OVER 5,000 helicopters destroyed, and OVER 2,000 jets & other fixed-wing aircraft were lost. Of course, then, there's the 300,000 wounded and 58,000 dead GI's.

So, define "small wars."

We can, notwithstanding "small wars", address Afghanistan. President Bush Jr. declared a "Global War On Terrorism" in 2001, after terrorists attacked New York City in the US on September 11, 2001. Terrorists in Afghanistan were alleged to have been linked to that attack, that's why the US is there...HUNTING them down.

Even though the word or term WAR sells, and everybody wants to be a "war vet"; Afghanistan is HUNTING terrorists...NOT German Soldiers (WWII), Italian Soldiers (WWII), Confederate Soldiers (Civil War), Union Soldiers (Civil War), North Vietnamese Soldiers (Vietnam War), or any other soldiers that US troops have fought in the past. Terrorists (criminals) are not "supposed" to be treated like Prisoners of War (POW), they are NOT soldiers...if they are...then whose their President? Where's their capital? Where's their Air Force? Or Navy? Or Marine Corps? What jets do they fly? What does their flag look like? What country are they from? What's the name of their country?

The Vietnam War, like WWII, like WWI, like the Spanish-American War of 1898, like the Korean War, etc. have all been fought against a NATION (COUNTRY) which flew a flag. Afghanistan, like Iraq, is a law enforcement issue. Find em, arrest em (or terminate em), try them in court, and execute the sentence. The Coalition didn't issue WANTED posters for nothing!