> I really don't see how an adversary is going to stay motivated It does not "stay motivated" it became motivated by extreme anger and suffering. Iraq governme

> I really don't see how an adversary is going to stay motivated It does not "stay motivated" it became motivated by extreme anger and suffering. Iraq government was defeated, yes, and then? Most of Iraqis I bet now hate USA more than Saddam during the war and not just USA government but all citizens, lifestyle, culture a real hate that will last for decades. The USA, as a country, lost the Iraqis war. Only few benefit from it because war means private profit, as reconstruction thereafter. But the country at a whole lost the war a Iraqis lost the war. If that's the target, just very few benefit for themselves against their own people interest ok, hi tech have proved to be effective, but a war between countries, especially not that asymmetric, is another thing.