War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history's clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier war. It points to no single instance where this end has justified that means, where appeasement has led to more than a sham peace. Like blackmail, it lays the basis for new and successively greater demands until, as in blackmail, violence becomes the only other alternative.
"Why," my soldiers asked of me, "surrender military advantages to an enemy in the field?" I could not answer.
MacAuthur farewell address to congress, 1951
War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision.
In war there is no substitute for victory."
~ Gen. Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur knew what he was talking about. Too bad our current military leadership doesn't have the cojones to follow his and Patton's examples. The War on Terror would already be over and done with.