Quite a few wars that are won, result in occupation, and governments maintained by an army of occupation, as noted upthread. (View Post)

Sure. One was to be willing to tolerate casualties. That's a feature of warfare. That's a good reason to think long and hard about going to war (and thinking is not what this administration… (View Post)

That is correct. Very few wars end with the complete destruction of the opposing state. Quite often a war can be won, by one side, even if the parties simply revert to the ante bellum status quo (I w… (View Post)

I think the Taliban could have been contained indefinitely. Having gone in, I think the USA owed it to the Afghans not to just abandon them. Now, Afghan women are essentially chattel slaves. (View Post)

I find the whole idea of demanding compensation from others, because one’s own ancestors raided for slaves, and sold them, hilarious. (View Post)