Why does Americans say that they have the best military in the world?

Question

They have never provened it;

so they beat the British but that happend a long time ago and more recently the Germans but still the Russians took 75% of the Germans and the USA had the Brits help...

But 4 the most part they only pick on 3rd world countries.

I say this with all the respect in the world this are facts.

WE NEVER LOST A WAR "VIETNAM" .............IT"S EASY NEVER TO LOOSE A WAR WHEN YOUR FIGHTING #RD WORLD COUNTRIES ALL THE TIME!!

I'm not talking about technology guys i'm talking a bout balls

i'm talking about witts even pusssies can carry a gun

Answer 1

You have a gross misunderstanding of history. Let's clear this up.

Revolutionary War - American Colonials defeated the strongest army in Europe, winning its freedom.

War of 1812- US forces once again defeated the British.

Mexican War- A handful of Texans and some volunteers from other states defeated a better trained, better equipped, and better funded Mexican Army under Santa Anna.

Exclude the Civil War, it was not fought against foreigners.

Spanish-American War- US forces defeated Spain in quick time.

World War I- European forces were throwing themselves at German lines and being slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands. Only until US forces arrived did the tides turn.

World War II- Europeans were losing on all fronts. France fell. Britain was only surviving at home because of the US Lend-Lease Act. The Russians were barely hanging on. Only until US forces came in after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor did the war turn in favor of the Allies. The European theatre of operations was won first, and then the Pacific theatre.

Korea- North Korean troops attack S. Korea. US forces, backed by NATO fight back. North Koreans pushed back to the Yalu River in N. Korea. China enters the war. US forces temorarily pull back and regroup. Chinese and N. Korean forces are driven back. A cease-fire was negotiated by the above governments and the lines were stabilized.

Vietnam War- US forces won every single battle fought in this theatre of operations. The war ended by political decision of US government. The US troops never lost an engagement.

Pamama- US forces defeated Panamanian Defense Forces in a matter of days, capturing Manuel Noriega.

Gulf War - US forces liberated Kuwait, and destroyed the Iraqi Republican Guard forces in a mass slaughter. The entire war lasted 100 hours. The bulk of the forces were US.

Iraq War- The entire Iraqi Army ceased to exist within 3 weeks. The country was then under US control.

Germany, China, Japan, and such were NOT 3rd world nations. They had crack troops, good equipment, and determination to fight. Iraqi forces were the 4th largest army in the world, had mostly modern equipment.

The US has the most modern battle equipment in the world. US forces train in desert warfare, urban combat, jungle warfare, Arctic warfare, and Special Ops. There is not one single terrain on the planet that a US soldier has not fought on. The US Navy is the finest fleet in the world. It has the best nuclear aircraft carriers, submarines, and fighter aircraft on the planet. Missile technology is top rate. The US employs everything from surface to air missiles, intercontinental ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, bunker buster munitions, and anti-tank munitions. All devastating stuff.

The US is the ONLY country in the world who has stealth technology. USAF aircraft are the finest interceptor and close support aircraft in the air, on the entire globe.

The US has the most sophisticated stockpile of nuclear weapons known to mankind. We could destroy the world 10x over.

What do we have to prove? What haven't we proven?

Answer 2

Your question, in all seriousness, isn't worth the bandwidth.

(1) American might turned the tide in the First and Second World Wars both. Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan certainly weren't "Third World Countries". Read on engagements such as Salerno and Midway, Remagen and Okinawa, and try telling yourself the Americans faced third-rate troops.

(2) American frontline forces have been conspicuously absent in most "brushfire wars" from the 60s onwards, whether it is Central America or Africa. The commitment to Korea and Vietnam in support of the "Domino Theory" was within the restrictions of having to maintain a huge deterrent force in Europe to counter GSFG (Group of Soviet Forces in Germany). Neither war resulted in a military defeat for American forces, despite the failure of political aims in both conflicts.

(3) Iraq started out as the world's 6th largest military in Gulf War 1, hardly a "Third World" pushover (and you really should look over your terminology and take some polisci classes). Responsible nation-states, by the way, don't take on other responsible nation-states in this day and age. This is why Japan and China aren't at war, France and Germany aren't at war, etc etc ad nauseum.

Whatever notion of proportionality you think you're espousing fails miserably. By your reasoning, the American military should start a slugfest with the European Union posthaste.

Really, you should get a reality check. There are better ways to express opposition to American foreign policy than to put out an idiotic question in Yahoo! Answers and be pilloried as an idiot. Then again, imbeciles such as "sky2evan" below are dime a dozen, with their cockamanie notions of how the world should be run. "Peacekeeping" indeed. I've done peacekeeping. Only an idiot with no real-world experience would applaud the UN running a peacekeeping mission.

If any of idiots would like to test how the American military has never "provened"[sic] its worth in battle, you may want to join the ranks of the Taliban and crawl over the mountains from Pakistan. Feel free to do so at any time.

Answer 3

Well as far as technology goes, the United States is still 15 years ahead of everyone else in the world as far as applicable technology. People keep pointing to the fact that the U.S. had help in all of these wars that we won and all these other unresolved conflicts. But since world war 2 there hasnt been any such thing as a completely resolved conflict with one complete winner. We "lost" in Vietnam because of politics, and the war in Iraq is not a one country war, and it will be going on for decades. If we went balls out, used all of our advantages, and just let the military do its thing there is not a country in the world that could stand up to us. You say that you are questioning the balls of our troops... there is a difference between bravery and recklessness. Our Marines are some of the most highly trained, well equiped troops in the entire world. Iraq's legit army fell in a matter of days, and we could wipe the insurgents off the map if we took the safety off. Its all the bleeding hearts out there that say war isnt fair that hold us back, we are our own worst enemy. War sucks, and it is cruel, but we try to fight a nice war because we do have the technology to come as close to that as any military in history.

Answer 4

The fact that you asked this question proves how ignorant you are in this subject, I hope I can help. An effective military today is judged by its size, technology, flexibility, and individual soldiers which consist of discipline, intelligence, and more importantly training. When it come to size we are very large. Not quite the largest but very formidable. The technology is second to none. Few countries can even attempt to compare to our technology which comes really from our money resources. Flexibilty is a tricky thing. America can fight in all types of terrain, and fight against any type of enemy and win. And now the real reason we are the best, the soldiers. I have trained, trained with, and fought with dozens of armies. There are some armys that have tougher soldiers. Some (very few) have more intelligence. But the discipline and the amount of effective training the US has does not come close to any country.
For your second little snap, I will say to you, read a book about World War 2, and you will see the US fought a more effective fight against the Germans.
Who has the best military? Who has proved it? When has 2 rich nations fought a large scale war? World War 2? Yes, that is correct.
War today is only fought in 3rd world nations. The US fights in those places because all other nations are afraid to. Do you have any idea how hard that kind of war is? Fighting soldiers who don't have uniforms. When they don't have to follow any rules of combat like the US. For most nations it is suicide. The US is one of a very few that can fight in an enviorment like that. Then having to justify everything you do to media who want to find any story that will turn heads.
More importantly, it is not a competition. Soldiers in all armies are brave soles who tries to do the best he can for his family and country. They are not cowards with guns. The only cowards are people like you who sit back and pretend that you are watching a TV show while brave men die for your entertainment. Brave men need not prove anything to the likes of you.

Answer 5

Okay, now yes we have lost a war. But we have not only the 1st largest airforce in the world, but the 3rd largest also(LOOK IT UP) Our airforce is also so feared that when we invaded Iraq (first time), Iraqi pilots flew their MiG's straight to Iran and ran away. We have the most powerful war machine on the planet (The Ohio-Class Submarine) The Most formidable tank in the world ( and experienced crews). And we win wars because we are all willing to die for what we want and believe in. It's the American Way.

Answer 6

Without the policing we've done there would have already been another regional war....at the very least. Why is it even a question that has to be asked?

It's great for other countries to have someone to point the finger at now. It'll let them oppress their people more in the sake of standing up to a "bully".

And the part about WW2. You seemed to have left out that we were fighting wars in 2 different theaters. Forget about Japan?

Answer 7

third world countries are where the conflicts are for the most part. That is why we're in them. Secondly, I believe our soldiers are excellent. Balls? A guy just got the Medal of Honor for shielding his troops from a grenade with his body. THAT is balls. Where are you from? Do you say that your soldiers suck in your country? Ofcourse not. Anyways, as far as soldier to soldier goes, I think the best troops all around are the Israelis, hands down. They have been dealing with their mess since the very inception of Israel. I would also say that as far as professional and diciplined troops overall, the Brits are. Also, the Brits special forces (SAS, SBS) are second to none. That is why our special forces are based off of SAS training. I think our soldiers are good, but where we cannot be beat is technology and equipment. I believe we have something like 12 battle carrier groups while the next largest I believe is Britain with 2. Also, we maintain air superiority with our new F22s and our spy sattelites are leased out to other intelligence agencies like Britains intelligence services. The military is made up of more then men. It is made up of men and equipment. Even though other countries have things that are better than our military has, overall when grouped together, we have the best military due to our technological edge.

Answer 8

The claim is made boasting superiority and it is proven that you don't screw with the one with the most bullets. The only one single superior military advantage that keeps us on top as a peacekeeper is the training of certain types of warefare and the fact that we possess superiority in the field of nuclear weapons with a constant protection of monitoring of the globe for unidentified flight of vehicles from anywhere in the world with the capability of carrying the possiblity of mass destruction attached to the nose for detonation and a retaliation that would be in effect a real mess. There may be those close but no one really wants to find out so the respect is with the one that has the biggest schlong or more weapons. Must be a man thing but the best is the best might be representative of why no one wages war against them.

Answer 9

Only soto, mission, & LS have posted answers that can be considered sane.

All these other answerers reflect American arrogance, hubris, *********, ignorance, and self-centeredness that may ultimately bring about or accelerate our downfall.

The US is the only Western, First World power that enjoys the geographic defensive advantage of being protected by 2 oceans. That's why we are rarely invaded or attacked... and that has NOTHING to do with having the best military. This is why we came out of WW2 with the strongest economy & the most unscathed, unbombed infrastructure. So we started the race a few laps ahead.

The US probably does have the best military (it should, since we spend the most money on it), but having the best military does not mean you can win every war with it. This is because some wars have no military solution (which is exactly what the Bush-appointed General Petraus is saying now about Iraq). That means fighting doesn't always solve anything, and may actually only make matters worse (which is what seems to be happening in Iraq). So having the best military means jacksh*t.

You can also see this happening with Israel & Palestine. Israel has the best military in the Middle East. They have smart bombs, Apache helicopters, Minerva tanks, suspected nukes, etc... and the Palestinians have AK-47s, RPGs, suicide bombers, and inaccurate Katsuysha rockets. And still, they've been going at it for 30+ years.

So only a deranged, ignorant, insecure, uninformed war-monger would take pride in having the world's best military. Blind American support for war may one day lead us to a Pyrrhic victory where even though we may still win, it will come at so great a cost that our country will collapse from within, or be vulnerable to later attack from without. This is actually a common fate of many Empires, Kingdoms, and States that engaged in over-expansion & expensive, exhaustive, multi-year wars. (These military-lover geeks & grunts should really study some more history.)

Besides, you don't win hearts & minds by pointing gun barrels at people and shooting missiles at them. That doesn't create friends & allies - only more enemies.

As Sun Tzu said in the Art of War: "Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."

That's why the greatest country is NOT the one that can kill its enemies... but the one that can transform its enemies into friends & allies. There's no point in winning wars unless you can also win the peace - otherwise, you'll have even more wars & more enemies in the future.

Unfortunately, most pro-war Americans don't understand this kind of strategy. They only understand missiles, guns, and fists, and beating people into submission, or wiping them out. That's why we let our Big Government spend 50% of the federal budget, that's $400+ billion annually, on Defense & War-related purposes. We are the biggest military spenders in the world, outspending the next 14 countries COMBINED. (Wikipedia "military budget of the US" for a graph). We're "great" at war, but we're terrible at peace - which is pretty understandable if you follow the money trail, taking you right to the military-industrial complex that Eisenhower warned about.

We Americans need to get informed & support downsizing the military. Peacekeeping should be the mandate of the UN, and shared equally by all other member states. The US should NOT play the role of self-designated Global Policeman, because then it will end up being Above the Law, taking the law into its own hands, and of course, never convicting itself for its own assaults & crimes.

Answer 10

the only problem with the American military, is that in the future, they should win any war in one week, any longer and the libs and American Media have a chance to pull the troops out. i don't know of any country that we can't take in a week or less, except for Russia or China and that's because of the vastness of these countries, small countries like England and France, we could defeat in3 days or less, with about 1/4 of our military seeing action