06-13-2008, 04:37 PM
Quote:It's a metaphor. It's not a knife fight either, I just mean you're vastly overarmed. And, unlike your opponents, if it ever really, truly, completely hit the fan, you have the nuclear option, horrendous as that might be.Who has ever successfully defeated an insurgency? There are a couple. The US, to my knowledge, has never won at this type of warfare in the past.