No war, not the Vietnam war, the Korean war, and especially not the war(s) in Iraq should ever be fought with restrictions on operations such that victory is not possible.

Finding young men, and yes even some young women, who are willing (sometimes eager) to kill people and break things is never difficult, so that will is easy to find in sufficient quantities at any given time.

What is difficult in our form of government is finding the will to kill people and break things sufficient to subdue an enemy completely with the least amount of danger to those we send to fight.

That same will to kill people and break things is also difficult to find in the general population because typically the need to kill and break is simply not seen as necessary by the majority and it is poorly explained by self serving bureaucrats.

We did not loose Vietnam because of a lack of power. We lost because of the lack of will in those bureaucrats.

I could go further into this, but those of you who have been there already know, and those who haven't will not understand anyway.

No. Hubris and policitians/bureaucrats go hand in hand, always.

Pure poetry. I suspect I will be stealing those words for myself in the future.

History has proven that, while certain types of wars can be won (e.g. conventional wars), others cannot.

That includes both wars and "wars".

It's like trying to destroy water with a hammer.