[dfwgator]

In Gulf War I our explicit war goal was to expel the Iraqis from Kuwait, not to invade and occupy Iraq, forcing their unconditional surrender.

Which only guaranteed we had to go in again, and made Saddam an even bigger enemy than before.....You cannot leave the vanquished in power.

[Sherman Logan]

OTOH, our “unconditional surrender invasions” of Iraq and Afghanistan have both worked out really well, haven’t they?