In message , Andy Cowley
writes
Dave Heil wrote:

Andy Cowley wrote:

Dave Heil wrote:

If Great Britain could not wrest control of those islands from
Argentina, it should have held a going out of business sale.


If America "could not wrest control of" Vietnam from a bunch
of guys in black pyjamas "it should have held a going out of
business sale" ?
You must not know much about the history of that war or you could
not come to the conclusion that America was defeated militarily.

The army which retires first from the battlefield is generally
considered to have lost.

Mike
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M.J.Powell