[Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!]

On Aug 25, 2:22 pm, George M. Middius cmndr _ george @ comcast .
net wrote:
Shhhh! said:

2pid has 'taught' me that there is nothing to be learned from history
regarding the military.
Laser and GPS-guided munitions and air power have changed everything.

Is there an historical precedent for attaining 80% of our objectives, as
we did in Afghanistan, and then abandoning the mission in order to
pursue an ideological war that lacked any worthwhile objectives?

For us? Not that I can think of off hand.

Historically? Hm. I think Russia had some worthwhile objectives in
1941.