Ronbo
You are correct. But you are going to be slammed here; it’s the old kill-the-messenger thing.
The outcome in both of our Asian wars will be very much like the sad outcome in Vietnam.
And just like in Vietnam, this outcome will not be the fault of our military, but entirely due to huge mistakes made by our politicians.
The only difference is that the loss of Vietnam turned out not to have impacted the West much.
But the loss of Iraq and Afganistan will embolden the enemy. We are in for a very rough ride going forward.
Nip
I sure hope you’re right and we’re now in a 1942-WWII type situation. But what matters ultimately is not what the professionals think, but what the voting population thinks.
We have lost our will, so I fear it’s much more like 1972-Vietnam.
I’ve believed it would come to WW III - Iran is the Nazi Germany that has to be taken out, yet for the last nine years the USA has been in the appeasement mode, so sooner or later Iran will go nuke...Then...Launch an attack.
TOTAL WAR! THE BLACK FLAG! NO QUARTER ASKED OR GIVEN!
GWB made two serious mistakes after 9/11 (1) No Declaration of War against Islam. (2) Nation building.
We don’t want rebuild Islam - WE WANT TO DESTROY IT!!!!
WW I should have taught the West that only total war works against collectivist nations, yet GWB chose to fight WW I against Islam.