Every time there was a setback in Iraq, it was treated in the press as if it were an unprecedented failure. But wars are filled with mistakes, says Victor Davis Hanson in the new Claremont Review:
"[W]hat is missing from the national debate over the ‘worst' war in our history is any appreciation of past American military errors-political, strategic, technological, intelligence, tactical-that nearly cost us victory in far more important conflicts. Nor do we accept the savage irony of war that only through errors, tragic though they may be, do successful armies adjust in time to discover winning strategies, tactics, and generals.
"Preoccupied with the daily news from Baghdad, we seem to think our generation is unique in experiencing the heartbreak of an error-plagued war. We forget that victory in every war goes to the side that commits fewer mistakes-and learns more from them in less time-not to the side that makes no mistakes."
Being resolute, says Hanson, is what ultimately counts.
4 Comments
Pat Elliott, Sr. | December 20, 2007, 12:42pm | #
Maybe you forgot about the American War Between the States!!!???
Stam Otton | December 20, 2007, 3:06pm | #
What contributed to the extent-ion of our victory was the Democrats continuously opposing every move that President Bush
tried to make the Democrats would unknowingly broadcast it to the terrors causing our soldiers to die.
All of this because of politicts on the Democrats side
David Walters | December 20, 2007, 5:37pm | #
It's one thing to make a mistake, it's quite another to let it go on quite this long.
Kylie | December 23, 2007, 2:50pm | #
So - - what is the best candidate for getting out of 'the worst US war of all time"?
The only two candidates who are 100% opposed to the war are Mike Gravel and Ron Paul.
Seriously, I'd love to discuss this question!
Kylie
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