Recognizing and Identifying the Victor and the Defeated.

Submitted by Lily Brull (United States), Jul 27, 2009 at 03:47

The conclusion of the battle can only serve as a lesson learned and a deterrence to further attack if it defines, in no uncertain terms, the identities of the winner and the loser. Of equal importance is the signing of documentation that demands a concept now long forgotten, "Unconditional Surrender".

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