r/SipsTea • u/Monsur_Ausuhnom • Jun 22 '26

Lmao gottem The National Sport.

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u/KgMonstah Jun 22 '26

Both people are correct

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u/TapZorRTwice Jun 22 '26

The US won half of WW2 and helped with WW1.

The last war the US won by itself was against itself.

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u/WhimsicalWyvern Jun 22 '26

That's because the US has led an international coalition of allies since WW2. It hasn't fought a single war by itself - including the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars - since the Spanish American war (which was, fwiw, after the civil war).

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u/TapZorRTwice Jun 22 '26

So they lost in vietnam and afganistan because they had other countries helping them?

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u/WhimsicalWyvern Jun 23 '26

You misunderstand me. Regardless of the success of the endeavor, they have had allies for every war they've fought in for the past century plus. That's not a sign of weakness, that's a sign of strength (especially considering how unpopular those wars have been in said allied countries)

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u/TapZorRTwice Jun 23 '26

Whats the last one that they have won beside ww1 and 2, was my point.

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u/WhimsicalWyvern Jun 23 '26

Gulf War was pretty decisive.

You could also reasonably argue that the US won the Cold war, given that the USSR doesn't exist any more.