Is the American army the crappiest army in the world?

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Answer 1

They are quite adept at shooting the British. A little trigger happy, methinks.

Answer 2

There's been some debate on this, but I understand the expert opinion is this:

America has the highest budget, greatest R&D, most advanced weapons & capable central control.

They have the most elite Air Force with the greatest training in dogfights etc.

They have an awesome naval capability.

But - They consistently show that they are strategically flawed and fail to adapt and modify tactics to meet new conditions. Iraq and Afghanistan have been run with unforgivable incompetence.

America has a strategy that relies on its strength, which is superior air power & weapons capability.

Their wars are always started with cruise missiles to destroy enemy radar to make them blind & destroy air defences. Then high bombers carpet bomb any air strips, enemy positions etc. Then bomb every military position and civilian utility until there's nothing left. Finally, send in the ground force when there's no resistance.

If there is resistance, it's different.

For example, in 2003, the US forces started the ground invasion and rolled into Baghdad with little problem. They then got the flags out & claimed control. It was a set-up.

The Iraqi's were preparing for urban Guerrilla warfare. They stepped back & hid, let the US enter central Baghdad & then came in after them, when it was unexpected.

Fallujah was another disaster.

British ground forces are reckoned to be far better. The SAS and SBS are also unmatched.

Answer 3

Not the Crapest but down the list plenty of little shithole countries in Africa with mostly Kids as so called soldiers who rate a lot worse but yes the US Army as a super power with a unlimited budget are very poorly trained a few units stand out, Rangers, Seals and Delta the rest are just well equipped and way too easy on the trigger...

Answer 4

An army can only b crappy if it has not been taught the skills of military warfare and I know because I did 16 weeks of basic training to become a mean killing machine. The US forces train hard and are no exception to what they have to do to become soldiers. Whether it be Army, Marines, or the US Airforce. The main goal for any enlisted member of the forces is to protect first and then do what has to be done to hold back the opposing forces.

Answer 5

It's certainly among the largest and best funded in the world, the catch being that in the States the military is promoted as a suitable option for people who find themselves unable to get work or pay for further education.
I'm choosing words carefully here, this is not a class thing but you have to question the competance of a fighting force comprised of people who noone else would employ. Are they the worst? I wouldn't want them as an enemy but i can't confidently say that i would care to have them as an ally either.

Answer 6

In terms of weapons and training and such.. We are the best in the world.. In terms of wars we've been in and won we MIGHT BE the best, or maybe not..

In terms of personnel's total, China won that...

But we might be the crappiest MILITARY (not "army") in terms of stereotyping, as in we have racism in the military, sexism, and other things as gay/straight, religious beliefs....

There are ALL these horrible things in other military too, maybe it's just because we only see what is happening in the US Military, who knows, if we joined or lived in Iraq/China/etc military then we might see the same thing and say the same about their/our military.

Overall, you really can't say this country has the crappiest military without having to see other military.. From their countries perspective and such, to you the British SAS maybe the bomb while in Britain they could be considered torturers and abuser (Not that they are, no offensive to anyone offended)...
Plus if this is the crappiest military, then why not leave the country since a crappy military is defending this country, and go to another country which you think is a good military... Let's face it, there is security from outer forces in the US where no other country can beat.

Answer 7

You're gonna get some thumbs down for that one! But...'friendly' fire is all I can say to that one.

People who are saying they are the best in the world, no they are just very big with alot of money to buy every single thing known to man that will destroy a country and kill everybody. If winning a war means how many people you have killed and how many lives you have ruined then maybe you are the best at destruction. The British army are better trained and have alot of discipline. I agree with Scrooge, they are trigger happy. Why the hell am I sat here saying which army is best! They KILL people, go to other countries and KILL people. Peace Keeping and negotiation should try to be the top priority, not 'lets go and wipe out as many people as possible'. You have ONE life.

Answer 8

Best equipped, best supported, and the one with the most technology. BUT still seems able to kill more allies in friendly fire incidences than enemy, and are far to gung ho and trigger happy to be able to patrol as a peacekeeping force. With some training from the Brit's on how to patrol as a peacekeeping force without shoving guns in peoples faces, they may improve, but I doubt it. The British army may be under equipped, and underfunded, earning us the nickname of the Borrowers, but they are still better trained and better understand the scenarios they are put in...

Answer 9

Interesting so many stupid Americans put the Iraqi army, which is actually under American control and who are fighting alongside them.

This proves your point Mr Zulu, that not only are they crappy, but they are also really, really fick!

Answer 10

It depends how you define crapness.

If we take the official Bernstein-Leverhume model of military crapness, which is based on Actual Longterm Gain Per Unit Invasions then

Yes, pretty much the crappest.

Answer 11

When you have incompetent, cowardly leaders who violate their sacred trust to our military and send our servicepeople into harm's way for solely political purposes (rather than legitimate strategic pursposes) based on false pretenses, then fail to adequately supply them, reinforce them, or provide them with a plan beyond the initial attack phase, the results are always tragedy.....Do NOT confuse LOVE OF COUNTRY with support for a criminal administration!

America First! Not Israel first, not Big oil first....but America First! Let's stop fighting wars for Zionism and big oil and get our troops home asap!