What Obama doesn't understand about how a war is won.

[Kracer]

Obama is nothing without his propaganda machine. He needs not understand anything, his media caretakers, fantasy division, re-write his history as MO had concluded 'we have to re-write our history'.

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by Felix C

Reminds me of that quip from the Vietnam War...."We had to destroy the village inorder to save it". Wonder if someone actually used that phrase.

I wonder how and German, Italian, French etc. villages and towns we destroyed during WWI and II?

In war, collateral damage is impossible to avoid.

[djacques]

Originally Posted by wrench409

None of the BS above was an offer of unconditional surrender. It was offers of conditional peace through other parties. Losing a war means having to say 'I surrender', not 'Sorry bout that'.

Only an American could be pathetically ignorant enough to claim that no war has ever been settled by negotiation.

[djacques]

Originally Posted by Quick Enough

I wonder how and German, Italian, French etc. villages and towns we destroyed during WWI and II?

In war, collateral damage is impossible to avoid.

You do understand that intentionally firebombing civilian areas for the express purpose of depopulation is not considered "collateral" damage, right?