Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "Urban Valor" channel.

@kingdingaling2469 Many US constabulary missions have little or no strategic (the only reason to wage war) justification. Entering A-stan to kill OBL and damage Al Qaeda is NOT the same thing as the later "nation building" nonsense where senior military and political leadership lied to the American people for two decades. Unfortunately the average idiot never cares to learn details (facts matter) of why Washington does what it does. I've met Americans who actually believe the Taliban did 9/11 not Al Qaeda and have no idea why the US forces were kept past their original mission in a futile mission to sell secular democracy to Afghan Muslims (which is like trying to force the American South to renounce Christianity and be governed by a foreigner-installed government).
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Coverups, waste and corruption and gross strategic policy mistakes exist because military reform is an alien issue for the American public. Civilians don't care about America's wars enough to know what good policy looks like so they produce and elect leaders who don't know what right looks like. AT ALL. They're too ignorant to value intelligence, too slack to value morality, and really just want to be humored and affirmed instead of thinking. In a democracy voters are responsible for how their armed forces are used and managed. "Thank you for your service" translates as "I have no idea what's going on but feel just enough shame to express, but not enough to learn a fucking thing let alone annoy my Congresscritters about US constabulary wars". Many Americans are so ignorant they believe the Taliban did 9/11 rather than Al Qaeda let alone how DC trapped the US into "nation building" which was obviously foredoomed to anyone not retarded. They don't know IS-K bombed Kabul airport killing Taliban who were guarding the place. They don't care even slightly because that involves thinking. The AMERICAN PUBLIC are responsible for how this country is run and COLLECTIVE INACTION IS A CHOICE. The public will never change so if you choose a military career (I'd gleefully do my USAF career again) I suggest ignoring what that public thinks then doing your own THOROUGH homework. Nothing was learned from Viet Nam though almost everyone was sure those lessons would last. Even worse, the American public do not care about details because they just want to feel the correct feelings and be part of the herd. Nothing has been learned from Afghanistan. Read that as many times as it takes to sink in. Modern "politics" ensures the war is only seen as a party bitchfight. That's one reason no one had the balls to leave until Trump committed then Biden followed through. That war was no more "winnable" than bombing the Southern US into not being Christian. The American public regularly betrays young American men and women who still trust our leaders. They feel no shame for it because they blame everyone but themselves. Democracy requires a clueful voting base, not a waterfall of retards. The American public's indifference is why military reform is not an important issue in elections. If you care, get educated and make a difference. Our troops at the tip of the spear live or die by what America does back home.
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