No. It’s not. The only important thing is victory. You’re trying to infuse western conceits into a non-Western world. And THAT, more than anything else, is why this nonsense from various terrorists persists.
100% agree. But remember: Properly done, the most violent period of a war is the moment before the enemy surrenders. The last 3 times the U.S. pursued this principle were Berlin, Tokyo, and the 2001 defeat of the Taliban. Alas, we abandoned it in #3 as soon as the Taliban fled the battlefield.
Yes, that's why the US is putting 4 carrier groups into the picture: the most violent period is just before the US goes down. [Odds are the winners are going to give it a face-saving out rather than calling it surrender.]
Tell me more about that defeat of the Taliban, when they fled the field?
Apparently you’re not old enough to remember B-52s carpet-bombing the Taliban in open country and them fleeing into the Hindu Kush. You’ve also not served in the military – a “defeat” is tactical not strategic. Lee defeated various Union generals in different battles, but it was ultimately he who surrendered. The U.S. has never fought a war through to victory with an enemy who refuses to surrender, mainly because that requires annihilation, something modern “men” find distasteful.
Of course, a magnanimous peace on the back end is as important to victory as the war itself.
No. It’s not. The only important thing is victory. You’re trying to infuse western conceits into a non-Western world. And THAT, more than anything else, is why this nonsense from various terrorists persists.
100% agree. But remember: Properly done, the most violent period of a war is the moment before the enemy surrenders. The last 3 times the U.S. pursued this principle were Berlin, Tokyo, and the 2001 defeat of the Taliban. Alas, we abandoned it in #3 as soon as the Taliban fled the battlefield.
Yes, that's why the US is putting 4 carrier groups into the picture: the most violent period is just before the US goes down. [Odds are the winners are going to give it a face-saving out rather than calling it surrender.]
Tell me more about that defeat of the Taliban, when they fled the field?
Apparently you’re not old enough to remember B-52s carpet-bombing the Taliban in open country and them fleeing into the Hindu Kush. You’ve also not served in the military – a “defeat” is tactical not strategic. Lee defeated various Union generals in different battles, but it was ultimately he who surrendered. The U.S. has never fought a war through to victory with an enemy who refuses to surrender, mainly because that requires annihilation, something modern “men” find distasteful.