Yes and no. We played that game by rules only we abided by.
Had we gone in and stayed without those rules, it would’ve been over within a year. But then we’d have committed a genocide and would be ruthless savages.
I feel that’s some hubris chief. Similar to Vietnam the military objective was met, but the reason for war, and so the victory conditions, are the political objective. We failed those. And breaking our rules does not de-motivate the insurgency or move us to the political objective. Let’s remember that one of those is a democracy and US ally in government in those countries.
Yes and no. We played that game by rules only we abided by.
Had we gone in and stayed without those rules, it would’ve been over within a year. But then we’d have committed a genocide and would be ruthless savages.
I feel that’s some hubris chief. Similar to Vietnam the military objective was met, but the reason for war, and so the victory conditions, are the political objective. We failed those. And breaking our rules does not de-motivate the insurgency or move us to the political objective. Let’s remember that one of those is a democracy and US ally in government in those countries.
The Soviets didn’t exactly hold back in Afghanistan…
Apples and oranges