Both began with promises of quick and nearly bloodless (for us) "victory".
As is common in large American offensives, the guerrillas seem to have melted away, allowing the Americans a seemingly quick and relatively bloodless victory.
Compared with that other great international political upheaval, the relatively quick and mostly bloodless collapse of Marxism-Leninism in central and Eastern Europe in 1989, the events in the Middle East have been slow and inconclusive.
Russia had, in one quick and mostly bloodless takeover, reminded the world of its power, and made the West in its poor handling of the situation appear weak.
It was quick, it was bloodless and it was effective.
Thailand's "revolution" was well-behaved and bloodless.
The parties, while lavish, are muted and bloodless.
And slowly color begins to emerge, what color there is — mostly gray-greens and bloodless tans.
Most of the time, cyberwar seems cool and bloodless, computers attacking computers.
Lincoln had little confidence in Scott's comparatively passive and bloodless "Anaconda" plan.
