re: #99 The Curmudgeon
It’s still an inconsistent message. When we landed troops at Normandy, we didn’t have a timetable for withdrawal. We went in to win the war. I guess I’m obsolete.
In WWII, “victory” = surrender of Germany and destruction of the Nazi regime. There was clearly a decisive moment even from the beginning.
“Victory” in 2010 is much harder to define. Afghanistan is already an occupied country. Heck, it isn’t even a single nation but a construct of the British empire (wrt borders and definition.)
This is not your grandfather’s war, and I don’t expect that type of “victory”.