defining victory is easy.
we win, they lose.
And victory should ALWAYS have as it’s TOP priority, keeping OUR casualties and expenses to a minimum, while MAXIMIZING the cost in blood and treasure to our enemy until they capitulate and beg us to accept their surrender.
Until we relearn this age old lesson we will continue to have these endless wars that bankrupt us and cost us 10’s of thousands of lives.
Either fight all the way, or don’t fight at all.
Fight for what? What was the goal of these invasions? These were wars without reason behind them. It was predictable that we would end up in a long guerilla war with no good outcome. Invading Afghanistan and Iraq were the dumbest military blunders since Custer decided it might be fun to pimp with a few Indians.