Yes, There was a time when many people predicted a very short outcome of a major event.

[Stuart G]

..At the very beginning of the Civil War, in 1861, there were many that thought it would be over very quickly..Like it was a show to be watched. Lincoln did not believe that, and neither did the leaders of the South. But some people did. I read that some people thought that it would be over in a few months or weeks, and everything would return back to normal.....And those people were indeed, "stupid."
..Lincoln on the other hand knew as did many others that it would take years, not months. And Lincoln had empathy for the deaths. Southern leaders also knew this would be a fight to the death. Only stupid people even thought that it would be over quickly...just like today....

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Likewise, the British in WW1 thought they would all be "Home by Christmas". . . . nt

[MiniMe]

2. Just like tRump thought the virus would be gone in April when the heat came

Cough cough

[The Magistrate]

3. General Sherman, Sir, Was Actually Put Under Medical Care

Regarded as an incipient lunatic for saying loudly the war with the traitors at the South would last for years....


"Defeat of a dangerous enemy is something to be for."