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by asdff 1600 days ago
In real life the battle of mogadishu saw Americans with 10x fewer casualties. Most modern battles have numbers like this with an order of magnitude fewer casualties on the American side, because American logistic planners try to ensure a massive power advantage.
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And yet...
And yet what? Are you not convinced by the casualty data?
I don't seem to recall Mogadishu being any kind of "victory". It's almost like the casualty data didn't tell the whole story.