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August 16, 2006
Standards of Victory
Watching the political fallout of the war in Lebanon has been somewhat amusing. In particular, I note that the West and the Arabs have different standards for what constitutes a victory.
West
All enemy fighters are out of the field. A certain percentage, perhaps 5% may be killed or wounded. The others must be convinced to lay down their arms peacefully and go home.
No enemy civilians killed or wounded; no enemy infrastructure destroyed unless it is on a clearly marked military base; no civilian services in the enemy country interrupted.
The enemy's population comes to love us unreservedly, admits that we were fully justified, and joins future "peace" movements.
Arabs
We're not all dead.
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Comments
You almost got it... the Arab position is "We're not all dead... and we have gained some quantity of international media sympathy."
Posted by: Dave at August 17, 2006 3:37 PM
LOL!
Posted by: K T Cat at August 18, 2006 2:09 AM