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[โ€“] wandermind@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why did the North Vietnamese fight against the United States? Surely they could not have won?

Why did the Afghani fight against the Soviet Union? There's no way they could win against a superpower, right?

[โ€“] CableMonster@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago

Those are different kinds of wars. Insurgent wars are different than wars between two established governments. Do you understand the difference?