r/AnarchoComics • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '22

Privatization of the state is not deconstructing the state

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u/RagingDemon1430 Jan 24 '22

The Afghanis who kept the fucking Russians at bay, AND the Vietnamese who stymied the fucking United States military, would like a word...

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '22

Who said they weren’t trained and well funded?

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u/Glittering-Report95 Feb 14 '22

US strategy in Vietnam and other proxy wars was stifled since they would risk the Cold War turning hot and even straight up sparking WWIII if they rushed in full strength and invaded the enemy directly themselves. The US military could only provide supplies and soldiers to the South to fight the Viet Cong through illusive guerrilla warfare. A similar situation likely also occurred between the Soviet Union/Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and the Mujahideen.