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Reader comment on item: Victory – An Obsolete Concept?
Submitted by anosmianAcrimony (United Kingdom), Nov 17, 2012 at 04:52
Last time I checked, there are still slaves in the world, as well as fascists, neo-nazis, and communists. I don't actually know what Baathists are, but I bet there are some of those too. War solves nothing. Everyone loses.
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| Updates on Victory (Israel) [347 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Robert | Sep 26, 2022 18:55 | 286872 | ||
| 1 |  "Difference" [241 words] | Robert | Sep 27, 2022 16:16 | 286872 | |
| 1 | Robert has a point here [131 words] | Prashant | Sep 28, 2022 11:17 | 286872 | |
| 1 | Russia is not the enemy, Putin is [174 words] | Prashant | Sep 17, 2022 23:01 | 286539 | |
| 1 | Is Russia or Putin the Enemy? [125 words] | Robert | Sep 26, 2022 09:39 | 286539 | |
| Victory needs to be righteous [105 words] | Prashant | Sep 17, 2022 22:37 | 286538 | ||
| Some benefits of Ukrainian victory [245 words] | Dave | Sep 12, 2022 21:58 | 286314 | ||
| Ukrainian victory would not include Crimea [39 words] | myth | Sep 17, 2022 15:51 | 286314 | ||
| Crimean War Revisted - Ukrainian History Requires Detailed View of How Russia Does Not Come Out Well - Even Nuclear Wise [324 words] | M Tovey | Sep 18, 2022 14:23 | 286314 | ||
| Investigating Sociopathic Tendencies When Faced with Unsearchable Schemes of Ambitions That Do Not End Well If Not Satiated [108 words] | M Tovey | Sep 26, 2022 23:11 | 286314 | ||
| Mankind's Propensity to War Does Not Bode Well to Sustain Periods of Peace - World War Three Pending with No Victory in Sight [180 words] | M Tovey | Sep 12, 2022 18:58 | 286303 | ||
| Ukrainian Saga Nowhere Near Resolution Yet - Russian Losses Do Not Reflect Any Approach to Peace - Let Alone Victory [236 words] | M Tovey | Sep 13, 2022 14:52 | 286303 | ||
| Speculations - Religious or Secularist - Russian's Greater Fear of NATO Entrapment Will Force Issue of Expanding Russian Influences Into Deeper Conflict [180 words] | M Tovey | Sep 14, 2022 11:23 | 286303 | ||
| Regrouping in the Kriim - What Do the Prognosticators Think the Kremlin will Respond to When Backed Up with Nowhere to Go [196 words] | M Tovey | Sep 14, 2022 13:47 | 286303 | ||
| Victory, If Not Ultimate, Does Not Tend to Peace - Even in Nuclear Terms [145 words] | M Tovey | May 30, 2022 11:30 | 282144 | ||
| Biden slouches toward the Powell Doctrine [65 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Dave | May 29, 2022 15:35 | 282089 | ||
| Your site resource for learning [68 words] | Prashant | May 30, 2022 13:22 | 282089 | ||
| I take it back [123 words] | Dave | May 30, 2022 13:52 | 282089 | ||
| American Foreign Policy Being Dictated by Foreign Interests - Implicitly or Explicitly [425 words] | M Tovey | May 30, 2022 17:44 | 282089 | ||
| Victory in Concerts, & European Contexts [702 words] | Robert | Nov 9, 2017 12:36 | 241266 | ||
 Rebuttal [39 words] | anosmianAcrimony | Nov 17, 2012 04:52 | 200724 | ||
| Obama and the facts [16 words] | Richard Gay | Aug 16, 2009 11:33 | 160257 | ||
| Half fought wars end being lost wars [95 words] | cornsyrup | Aug 11, 2009 00:18 | 160029 | ||
| The Jig is up for Obama- response to Svet [121 words] | Anne- USA | Aug 10, 2009 09:31 | 159979 | ||
| There is no other way to win a war, but through Victory [92 words] | Deborah | Aug 10, 2009 09:22 | 159977 | ||
| The purpose of war is victory [34 words] | Larry Stark | Aug 6, 2009 23:52 | 159774 | ||
| Spot on, once again Mr. Pipes. [137 words] | Noel Beard | Aug 6, 2009 07:47 | 159737 | ||
| True Victory [144 words] | Josh Garrett | Aug 3, 2009 17:57 | 159596 | ||
| Is winning a virtue? [711 words] | Scott Talkington | Jul 31, 2009 04:43 | 159467 | ||
| A three State Solution to Victory [168 words] | David J. Jonah | Jul 28, 2009 18:18 | 159390 | ||
| Bad Option [98 words] | Joe Kaffir | Aug 2, 2009 12:28 | 159390 | ||
| 1 | A Few Points to Note, Dr. Pipes [188 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Aymenn Jawad | Jul 27, 2009 07:01 | 159339 | |
| I concur [42 words] | Sloganeer | Jul 29, 2009 19:19 | 159339 | ||
| Recognizing and Identifying the Victor and the Defeated. [50 words] | Lily Brull | Jul 27, 2009 03:47 | 159334 | ||
| Pipes' Poignant and Correct. [76 words] | Mark Harris | Jul 26, 2009 21:47 | 159325 | ||
| Surrendering to Iran [226 words] | Stephen Hughes | Jul 26, 2009 16:54 | 159315 | ||
| Victory [47 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Martin Kessler | Jul 26, 2009 12:19 | 159308 | ||
| What is Victory? [147 words] | vigilant101 | Jul 26, 2009 11:01 | 159303 | ||
| Since when does race = policy? [59 words] | Angie Jackson | Jul 26, 2009 22:06 | 159303 | ||
| Forein Aid as Substitute to Victory [92 words] | s. shalit | Jul 26, 2009 10:52 | 159302 | ||
| Jiziya [304 words] | sheik yer'mami | Aug 2, 2009 10:24 | 159302 | ||
| Bosnia [113 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kafiristan | Aug 8, 2009 05:59 | 159302 | ||
| The lack of personal courage at the very top [65 words] | Seafarer | Jul 26, 2009 10:40 | 159300 | ||
| Victory at what cost? [141 words] | Angie Jackson | Jul 26, 2009 10:28 | 159299 | ||
| What do you mean by Victory over the Palestinians? [270 words] | Yuval Brandstetter MD | Jul 26, 2009 05:11 | 159290 | ||
| Israel is too PC to impose a victory and lasting peace [118 words] | Joe Kaffir | Aug 2, 2009 12:10 | 159290 | ||
| Hussein Obama understands Radical Islam as Al Qaida only [135 words] | Svet | Jul 26, 2009 02:30 | 159285 |
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