Elogi del desgast

Ralph Peters: In Praise of Attrition
From Parameters, Summer 2004, pp. 24-32.

It is not enough to materially defeat your enemy. You must convince your enemy that he has been defeated. You cannot do that by bombing empty buildings. You must be willing to kill in the short term to save lives and foster peace in the long term.

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