[victoryatallcosts]

In a functional system, military and poltiical considerations must be balanced. You can't undertake military operations without political support and you can't take a political course without the necessary support of the armed forces.

Churhcill, Lincoln- all of the best war leaders of the West didn't listen to the mlitary all of the time. Most of the time, yes.

In any case, what others are saying makes sense to me- these "insurgents" are being rapidly destroyed anyways. All an "all-out" offensive would do is intensify the media situation.

[ohioWfan]

Thank you for being the singular voice of reason on this thread.