Re: LOLWUT?

"The real enemy of our inevitable triumph is the American people, who have turned against the war in a big way."

You sound like a Vietnam veteran. "We could have won, man! the politicians stopped us!" It's probably even true, if we had been willing to commit genocide.

"Not that I disagree with them; I frankly don't care if we bust up the Taliban entirely or not. We caused them mortal damage and they'll never be as strong as they were. More importantly, they'll think twice before aiding and abetting terrorist groups in the future. After all this is over, I reckon we'll see a kinder, gentler Taliban come into power legitimately at some point but nothing like what they were."

Wars do tend to eventually moderate views, as the hardliners on both sides are killed, increasingly moderate leaders eventually take over, and attrition lessens the population pressure that usually starts wars.

"Would an insurgency in the US fight a similar dirty war against the US, hiding amongst civilians like cowards?"

It's funny how the heavily armed, well equipped people with overwhelming numbers always call their opponents cowards.

But yes, that is how insurgencies in the United States have operated, too.