Mullen: Force just one tool in winning wars

[unhappycamper]

Mullen: Force just one tool in winning wars
By John Milburn - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Mar 3, 2010 20:47:14 EST

MANHATTAN, Kan. — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday that victory in Iraq and Afghanistan won’t come in one glorious battle.

Instead, Adm. Mike Mullen told a Kansas State University audience, success in the long wars will be determined by use of military and diplomatic powers, along with support from U.S. allies.

Mullen said there won’t be a day when commanders “stand up and say ‘That’s it, it’s over. We won.’“

“We will win, but we will do so only over time and only after near-constant reassessment and readjustment,” Mullen said. “Quite frankly, it will feel a lot less like a knockout punch and a lot more like recovering from a long illness.”

Mullen said the outcome of Sunday’s elections in Iraq will indicate how well the United States is doing there. He said in recent visits to Basra and Anbar province that Iraqis were more concerned about economics and politics than security issues leading up to the vote, which he called “a good sign.”


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/03/ap_mullen_kansas_state_030310/



unhappycamper comment: WTF is a 'glorious battle'? Shiloh? Antietam? Cold Harbor? Marne? Verdun? Leningrad? Ardennes? Midway? Guadalcanal? Ia Drang? Iron Triangle? Khe Sanh?

The only way we are going to 'win' in Afghanistan is to declare victory and bring them home.

[ShortnFiery]

1. ONGOING "Battlefield Disneyland" in the ME is the ONLY way the MIC can make their BILLIONS.

:puke: :nuke: :puke: :grr:

[Sherman A1]

2. What is the term?

War is diplomacy by another means or the failure of diplomacy or something like that.

Eventually for a settlement in any war there must be some folks sitting around a table talking. It is too bad that we don't do that first in far too many cases.

[asjr]

3. Wars aren't won, they are just being

continously waged.