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No that is absolutely not the definition. You win a war when you meet your political goals. The military didn’t lose, the grand strategy changed. This isn’t so
by labster 3y ago
No that is absolutely not the definition. You win a war when you meet your political goals. The military didn’t lose, the grand strategy changed.
This isn’t sophistry, war is just extension of politics by other means. The vast majority of unfixable problems the US faced in Afghanistan were political, you can’t kill your way to a functional multiparty democracy.
- justinclift 3y agoHeh Heh Heh. So you're saying both sides won that war then? ;)
- labster 3y agoNo. I’m saying the military didn’t lose the war, American and Afghani politicians did. And not because we decided to leave, but because there was no strong strategic reason to be there after the primary casus belli was accomplished: the elimination of Al-Qaeda from the region.