It taught evil men that they do not win wars by force, but by perserverence in evil. Big battles make big losses, but random indiscriminate slaughter everywhere weakens resolve of good men.
Kerry led the attack that did not lengthen the war, it lost it. But Democrats have been snatching defeat from the jaws of victory for a long time.
Kerry and company caused us to lose the Vietnam war and is now in the process of causing us to lose the Iraq war.
Gawd - he's good at it!!