There are a lot of things about winning hearts&minds that are not about waging total war
That’s a huge understatement. The point was that the US has the technical resources to wage total war against much weaker countries, but doesn’t have the political will. And that isn’t a management problem.
I was talking about the US being unable to win the war. To the extend that you make a point that’s unrelated to that question like whether or not they can wage total war, it makes sense to refer back to my first claim.
That’s not what I said. I said that it was what they were tasked with.
I do agree that there was that expecation but I don’t believe that’s it’s why they didn’t win.
There are a lot of things about winning hearts&minds that are not about waging total war.
That’s a huge understatement. The point was that the US has the technical resources to wage total war against much weaker countries, but doesn’t have the political will. And that isn’t a management problem.
I was talking about the US being unable to win the war. To the extend that you make a point that’s unrelated to that question like whether or not they can wage total war, it makes sense to refer back to my first claim.