Why Does the West Seem Incapable of Winning Wars Anymore? – Part 2
Modern interpretations of the law of war are flawed from a war winning perspective This point cannot be hammered home enough as it is the root of the problem with Western war making in my opinion. The establishment of the UN post-World War II and the ratification of a new set of Geneva conventions on the conduct of war in 1949 have radically changed the Western approach to war and following those rules have had a major impact on the West’s inability to decisively win the wars they have fought. In fact, it could be argued, and I do that post-war notions of war making have led to unsatisfactory peace’s … More after the Jump…