Why the strong lose.(stronger United States not matching weaker enemies) From: Parameters | Date: December 22, 2005| Author: Record, Jeffrey | COPYRIGHT 2005 U.S. Army War College. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The continuing insurgency in Iraq underscores the capacity of the weak to impose considerable military and political pain on the strong. Whether that pain will compel the United States to abandon its agenda in Iraq remains to be seen.

What is not in dispute is that all major failed US uses of force since 1945--in Vietnam, Lebanon, and Somalia--have been against materially weaker enemies. In wars both hot and cold, the United States has fared consistently well against suc...

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