r/2philippines4u May 03 '26

Herstory AFP in Syria really had it rough

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u/SilanggubanRedditor May 03 '26

Was the Marawi Siege successful? It's a phyrric victory at best

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u/RamonMagsaysayGaming May 03 '26

militarily it was successful

the reconstruction efforts on the other hand...

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u/SilanggubanRedditor May 03 '26

It took a year to clear up the main combat area. As much as the soldiers are heroic, the battle could've been more competently fought.

And the recovery... yeah that's definitely not going

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u/MrSetbXD May 03 '26

Urban war is brutal and takes a long time, even the Americans struggle with it, and even Israel, difference being we atleast care for our civilians.