03-14-2008, 12:33 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Reality
Posts: 3,767
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Originally Posted by sisterandcousinandaunt
What does "winnable" mean to you? We could have made the region a glassy hole in the ground, technically. But the fact that the people didn't support an all-out fight for it is part of the equation. Committing to "total war" (universal conscription, war economy, rationing, etc.) is a big undertaking for a country. In a democracy, the intended benefits have to be pretty clear. They weren't, for Vietnam, and they aren't, for Iraq.
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I agree.
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