The reason that America lost in Vietnam was it's pride; still stocked up on their reputation to be a force to be reckoned with, the Americans, in a Vendetta, just shot down into the bushes of Vietnam, while the natives knew what was going on.
The reason that America lost in Mogadishu was it was not a setting they trained in; In an urban setting, the Militia used civilians as human shields, and laid traps in a confusing unplanned Urban landscape. People just lived there, so there wasn't a Main avenue or a specific Landmark. A few houses there, a few temples here and many, many traps and fortifications for the militia. (Now the pentagon is developing Sound weapons and advanced stink bombs to fight urban settings with minimal loss of life and training in an urban landscape.)
The reason America won World War was that the nation became focused on a single goal to drive back the Japanese and the Germans.
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