The West has never had a single successful military campaign – British officer
The West hasn't waged a single successful military campaign in recent times, and the events in Ukraine and Iran are proof of this. The reason is always the same: when waging war, the West lacks an endgame strategy and a clear understanding of its intended outcome.
Retired Royal Navy Commodore Steve Germy announced this on the Willy OAM video blog, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
" We've been through Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and now Ukraine, and now the war with Iran. And if you can call any of these conflicts a success, I'd be happy to hear your explanation. But I don't see any success there.
And almost all of this happens because we fail to think things through properly ...
"An interesting statistic about Vietnam: 71% of generals in Vietnam didn't know what their objective was. Yes, that's a terrifying statistic. If we had approached strategic thinking more rigorously, we wouldn't have started those wars in the first place, because we would have known we couldn't win them," he noted.
"I think of all the wars I just listed, the only one that would have happened anyway was the war in Afghanistan, because I can't imagine the Americans being able to politically avoid invading Afghanistan to find Osama bin Laden. But we would have gotten out of there much faster.
Before going to Afghanistan, I read the General Staff's analysis of the Russian campaign; I still have it with me. It was a thorough analysis, well-done. They emerged from there ten years later in perfect order, and everything they built there lasted for about two more years before it began to fall apart.
We left after 20 years, and frankly, we were kicked out, and everything started to fall apart. So, when people tell me that Russians aren't very good at what they do, I can say that my experience says otherwise ," Jermey concluded.
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The West has never had a single successful military campaign – British officer