What is the war in Afghanistan about summary?
After the Taliban government refused to hand over terrorist leader Osama bin Laden in the wake of al-Qaeda’s September 11, 2001, attacks, the United States invaded Afghanistan. The Taliban leadership quickly lost control of the country and relocated to southern Afghanistan and across the border to Pakistan.
Why was the war so difficult for American soldiers?
Firstly most of the war was fought as a guerrilla war. This is a type of war which conventional forces such as the US army in Vietnam, find notoriously difficult to fight. The Americans, laden down with conventional weapons and uniform were not equipped to fight in the paddy fields and jungles.
What do soldiers think about America’s military?
Soldiers understand that Americans invest a lot of trust in the military and do their best to return that trust. Indeed, the military, for dozens of years, has been the institution that Americans invest the most trust in, with 74\% saying they have a “great deal/quite a lot” of confidence.
Is American culture at ease with the military?
American culture was sufficiently at ease with the military to make fun of it, a stance now hard to imagine outside the military itself. “Full-victory—nothing else”: General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order to paratroopers in England the night before they board planes to join the first assault in the D-Day invasion of Europe.
Will the American public do anything for the military?
The American public and its political leadership will do anything for the military except take it seriously. The result is a chickenhawk nation in which careless spending and strategic folly combine to lure America into endless wars it can’t win. Like The Atlantic? Subscribe to The Atlantic Daily, our free weekday email newsletter.
What countries has the US not fought against since WW2?
The United States has not fought many well-trained or well-resourced militaries since the end of World War II. The United States has fought against North Korea, China, North Vietnam, Libya, Iran, Panama, Iraq, groups in the Balkans, the Taliban, the Islamic State, and many insurgent groups.
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