The counterpoint to Vance’s remarks about the Europeans not fighting wars etc etc is the only major one that Americans have fought alone in my lifetime they lost to the Vietnamese.
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Everywhere that they have intervened in since World War 2 has been an absolute disaster. We should grasp the opportunity to divorce ourselves from US foreign policy with both hands. https://youtu.be/vqsKFGrk63E?si=MWS_GE_f0k_SI4sL
They weren’t alone. They dragged Australia into their war. I had cousins in the Australian army - their views on the competence of the US military were not exactly complimentary.
TBF Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines alll sent troops to Vietnam. Not to mention the Vietnamese themselves on both sides.
None of this to detract from the fact that Vance talks bollocks. His much vaunted military career appears to have been in non-combat roles.
it's fundamentally weird to pick France, a nation that has had forces in warzones in every year of the 21st century, as your example of not having fought a war recently.
The military and vets that routinely turn out for the GOP will know that. The Christians managed to swallow Trump's ignorance in exchange for Roe v Wade. It's not immediately obvious what he's selling the vets in exchange for them forgetting their history.
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Americans won’t know anyway.
https://youtu.be/vqsKFGrk63E?si=MWS_GE_f0k_SI4sL
None of this to detract from the fact that Vance talks bollocks. His much vaunted military career appears to have been in non-combat roles.
No, this is just a pure insult of the kind he already aimed at the Ukrainians, with similar intent.