War winning, a wider view

Rivrdog has written an excellent post on winning the war on terrorism, with a historical perspective. You can read the whole thing here.

Here's acouple of short excerpts:

"Idealist soldiers are very difficult to defeat, because unlike soldiers projecting only political-military force, the idealists will ignore limitations on risk."

"Political correctness has never won a war. Every victory in war is underpinned by winning strategy coupled with patriotic committment."

It's well worth reading, go see for yourself...........