[ClaireSolt]

You hit the nail on the head. "We have no idea what it’s like to live for generations under a brutal dictator." Except that I think we have some ideas, but noone really knows how best to handle such transitions. Clinton's policies led to criminal oligarchy in Russia.

Aside from that, it is specious to assume that war goes according to plan and can just be managed. That's just a bunch of lawyerly blather which is disconnected from reality. They don't have a clue about management.

[rhombus]

Aside from that, it is specious to assume that war goes according to plan and can just be managed.

I expect the plan in war is to replan and then replan again until you get the job done. I always thought THAT is what was meant by "stay the course".