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Yavin4

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6. How will we know when it's over? How will we know that the objective has been met?
Mon May 29, 2017, 11:27 AM
May 2017

I don't see how there can be a success criteria.

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They have to. Archae May 2017 #1
You like the current heaven05 May 2017 #3
What else can be done against ISIS? Archae May 2017 #4
Howsa about making the Saudis stop giving SO much money DK504 May 2017 #7
yep heaven05 May 2017 #10
It's a start. Archae May 2017 #13
Also USA should pay compensation to the hundreds of innocents killed by America's criminal Fred Sanders May 2017 #17
Trump apologists would billh58 May 2017 #24
Don't make me laugh heaven05 May 2017 #8
As the old saying goes angrychair May 2017 #18
It's not like fighting a normal military. christx30 May 2017 #5
Ok, on the Sherman March heaven05 May 2017 #9
About Sherman's March to the Sea! atreides1 May 2017 #11
"They want the war to bring about the end of the world." - They do not. Their war KingCharlemagne May 2017 #21
Ever hear of 'blowback'? That's how ISIS and all.other 'terrorist' groups recruit the young. sinkingfeeling May 2017 #19
Yeah. Good luck with that bubala hedda_foil May 2017 #2
How will we know when it's over? How will we know that the objective has been met? Yavin4 May 2017 #6
I vote for some mission creep. It worked so well for us in Vietnam, Afghanistan KingCharlemagne May 2017 #22
And when this fails? matt819 May 2017 #12
No such thing as Annihilation when you are fighting an idea. Kablooie May 2017 #14
Seems like something that is easier said than done. xor May 2017 #15
ISIS probably says the same thing about the innocents of Manchester. The UK, after all, KingCharlemagne May 2017 #23
Please correct me if mistaken GulfCoast66 May 2017 #16
I think the biggest difference is that with Obama exboyfil May 2017 #27
So says the war criminal of Fallujah (2004) - nt KingCharlemagne May 2017 #20
No quarter is fine by me DeminPennswoods May 2017 #25
Who's country is it? nt fleabiscuit May 2017 #28
I just watched "War Machine" on Netflix... Sancho May 2017 #26
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