From Afghanistan to Iraq, a lot of military observers say America can't seem to win wars even though we have the most powerful military on the planet. [More]
With the being-forced-on-us domestic unpleasantness and being forced-on-them ideological homogeneity, are we sure that's the worst thing?
[Via Mack H]
The curse of the politically connected military leader who can't fight his/her way out of a wet paper bag is an old one.
ReplyDeleteEver read Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brudenell,_7th_Earl_of_Cardigan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FitzRoy_Somerset,_1st_Baron_Raglan
War is the health of the state. Winning one is counterproductive, it just makes the Swamp have to start a new one.
ReplyDeleteBesides, actually winning involves unpleasant obligations. Read "The Mouse That Roared."