Both "Black Hawk Down" and the film reflect a problem. The US military has the strongest high-tech long-range offensive weapons on the surface, but the quality of the US infantry soldiers is obviously not suitable for high-intensity close-range street fighting scenes. Putting one's own religion into other people's heads is the most difficult, even harder than putting other people's money into one's own pockets.
For the US military, after Saddam's fall, its main functions have been transformed into supporting the pro-US government, combating resistance organizations, and maintaining social stability. In fact, it is not a good choice to have US soldiers directly responsible for reconnaissance and clearance operations. The best way is to send an advisory team. The local government recruits local residents. The advisory team is responsible for armed training and then uses these armed forces for stability maintenance.
For resistance organizations, the reason why volunteers can be attracted to join is not only faith and money, but also hatred. A perfect act against the US military can bring supreme "honor" and prestige, and can bring more "donations". Shooting the next video of the US military's crazy massacre of civilians can arouse endless hatred and grow stronger in the Muslim world. Anti-American forces.
For local civilians, whistleblowing to the U.S. military will invite retaliation from the rebel groups, and support for the rebel groups will sooner or later be wiped out by the U.S. military. Probably the best way is to leave this place of right and wrong. Now that countless Syrian refugees risked their lives to smuggle into Europe, it is also a helpless choice.
Differences in religious beliefs cannot be disciplined by modern democracy and cannot be changed by modern wars.
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