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Originally Posted by driley
I was thinking it might have some impact on the portion of the public that still seem to think we are going to win the war in terror the same way we won WWII.
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Well, that is the basic issue. We're not at war with a military but rather "terrorists". There's no way to round them all up. There is no central "bunker" where the leader is holed up. We can't simply capture that and end the war. They simply go into hiding and can out last our willingness to occupy their country.
Further, it's not just one country.
There is no actual way to "win". Any semi-decent game theorist would have told them the exact same thing years ago and in fact, many did.