[emphasis is mine] When Americans think of "victory," we conjure up visions of World War II -- Germany and Japan utterly prostrate, occupied by our (and our allies') armies, their governments completely subservient to our military. They knew they were beaten, and there was no fight left in them. Or maybe we think of Korea, where after nearly losing, then nearly winning, then nearly losing again, we fought them to a standstill and got an armistice-in-place that has lasted for fifty years. But that is not the kind of "victory" we can hope for in this war. There are several...