[r9etb]

Sure, we just need to go in, kick butt, remove the leadership, then get out. Let nature take it's course. If we don't like the outcome, we quickly go back in and do it again.

That's not "winning a war." If things go to hell in a handbasket after we leave, "going back and doing it again" is a confession that we lost last time. And after a certain point, one has to wonder if it's worth "going back in and doing it again" again.

[FreeAtlanta]

It depends on the goal. Holding Iraq is fine, punishing Iran and Syria is priceless. We don't have to occupy them, just remove their leadership and do a lot of damage.