Your statement about “We were winning…and then..”
The comparison is accurate for most wars the US has been involved in, especially those run by Democrats, in my lifetime. The question nobody is asking….is what we were going to win? Lots of dead people? More money for the deep state?
We certainly aren’t getting safety, security, and bargaining points in international politics. This is a stupid war with stupid prizes.
Finally, this is why the US loses wars. It’s called resolve. We don’t have the resolve to see them through, or the resolve to make them so terrible that the end quickly. It’s almost like they want to drag them out as long as possible…..for profit.
——what we were going to win?-——
The end to the Mullah’s in Iran
The new revolution in Russia disrupting the present oligarchical corruption
Both are bad for business
Agreed. The obvious political "resolve" is there to profit from wars -- plural.
And then, like the classic snake oil salesman, the war politicians try to skip town -- and blame someone else.