Phat writes:
we are quite good at the first stage of a war...its the next stages we are not good at.
Yes, the first stage of a bank robbery is the easy part; walk in and say, "Stick 'em up!"
Making it profitable in the long term is the hard part.
Historically, the US has been
too eager to rush in without an exit strategy. This doesn't seem like a good opportunity to continue that tradition.