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Top US military officer says Taliban 'are not losing'

TU Curmudgeon said:
I suspect that a goodly part of the Taliban's definition of "win militarily" is "getting the other side to stop fighting first (and permanently)" whereas the definition in DC appears to be "to conduct a smashing coordinated all arms nationwide campaign that rolls up the organized armies of the other side and allows us to mount a huge victory parade (without necessarily changing the underlying political climate)".

All in all, the definition which I think that the Taliban is using has a whole lot more historical validity that the one the DC appears to be using.
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That might be an improvement. I worry, many define victory as "have a good tour" :-/

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cpwill said:
That might be an improvement. I worry, many define victory as "have a good tour" :-/

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By "have a good tour", do you mean "get the right ticket punches to bolster my career progression WITHOUT actually getting caught (or, at least, blamed for) doing something that I shouldn't be doing" with "actually accomplishing something positive" running a distant second.
 
TU Curmudgeon said:
By "have a good tour", do you mean "get the right ticket punches to bolster my career progression WITHOUT actually getting caught (or, at least, blamed for) doing something that I shouldn't be doing" with "actually accomplishing something positive" running a distant second.
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I think most consider them the same. Just not necessarily tied into any kind larger strategy.

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