Petraeus needs to familiarize himself with the concept of total war.
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I agree with you, but we have not fought to win decisively at a strategic level since WWII. That was 65 years ago.
The closest exception was Reagan’s bankrupting the Soviet Union, which was inspired genius.
I agree. Michal Gorbachev won a Nobel Peace Prize for surrendering gracefully which only serves to prove how much of a genius Reagan was.