Why Does the West Seem Incapable of Winning Wars Anymore? – Part 4
Wars are no longer fought to achieve victory but to achieve often nebulous goals short of the actual defeat of the enemy and often were unrelated or even contrary to national strategic interests. This one is a personal bug-bear of mine. It has been common in the post-World War II world for Western nations in particular to set nebulous and generally unattainable war goals. The submission of an enemy state is often not an objective and when it is even when achieved international pressure limits making a total victory truly stick. This is not helped by unrealistic expectations on the part of the public that military victory can be achieved … More after the Jump…