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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WoodsCraft" data-source="post: 3922827" data-attributes="member: 51836">Here is the rub ,  its impossible to fight and win a limited war where you don't fully commit to winning .  We won WWII because we embraced total war.  America has not fought a total war since 1945 and American politicians have incorrectly come to the belief we can just drop a few bombs and then leave ,  and more importantly the American public doesn't  and hasn't support on a large scale war since then.A lot of folks don't really understand there was an anti war movement in WWII it was small compared to what would happen later on but none the less it was there and yes it was growing by the end of 1945.I do not know what it would take for us to win a massive conflict in this day and age given this limited warfare philosphy we have adopted in the last 70 years or so .</blockquote>