What if we beat the rest of the Axis powers like we did, but lost to Japan?

[jberryhill]

26. Are we Vietnamese now?

And that's largely the point here.

The cost of containing Iraq after the first Gulf War was, even on a projected basis, lower than turning it into a shambles as we subsequently did.

Here's a question...

Some guy comes up to you on the street and threatens you with a knife. You manage to disarm him of the knife and kick him down to the pavement injured with, say, a couple of broken ribs and a broken right wrist.

What is it you do next?

Do you start jumping up and down on his chest in order to kill him?

Who does that? How is it that people get into fights all of the time, and don't usually fight to the death of their opponent?