Friday, August 07, 2015

"3 U.S. Defeats: Vietnam, Iraq and Now Iran."-David Brooks, New York Times.

Wars, military or economic, are measured by whether you achieved your stated objectives. By this standard the U.S. and its allies lost the war against Iran, but we were able to negotiate terms that gave only our partial surrender, which forces Iran to at least delay its victory. There have now been three big U.S. strategic defeats over the past several decades: Vietnam, Iraq and now Iran.

Holy shit.