Grand Moff Tim
Some call me... Tim
The Middle East isn't the best example because they have home field advantage and mountains. We have an uphill battle over there.
The US has mountains, too
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We have homefield advantage here, too. An invading military force won't know the lay of the land better than the locals, even if that military force is from the same country.