He stands to be succeeded in the army job by Gen. Muhammad Yusaf Khan, his hand-picked, pro-Western deputy.
Without putting positive incentives out there, however, such an effort is emaciated from the start and unlikely to succeed in the Syrian context (where the army appears to have greater loyalty to the Assad rule), or to have much of an effect on the regime's calculations.
Napoleon did not succeed in defeating the Allied army as thoroughly as he wanted, but historians and enthusiasts alike recognize that the original plan provided a significant victory.
Islamic State, Iraqi commanders say, have succeeded in the past in blocking army troops from moving against them by staging suicide attacks and rigging explosives.
Maybe Plouffe will succeed in marshalling online armies of teenagers and 20-somethings who are pumped about being able to summon a car from their smartphone.
The generals are on two hills on opposite sides of the city, each with their own army, and they know they can only succeed in capturing the city if their two armies attack at the same time.
Amazingly, despite its size, the care of the community and the work of an army of volunteers succeed in leaving the desert clean and empty, ready for the following year.
Naturally bold and dashing, as he proved at Trenton, Princeton, and Germantown, he repeatedly adopted evasive and delaying tactics on the advice of his associates; however, he did succeed in keeping a strong army in existence and maintaining the flame of national spirit.
Perhaps the most significant moment in my brief encounter with Khin Nyunt came when I asked him whether Aung San Suu Kyi could succeed – and keep the army in its barracks.
This was a critical blow to the Byzantines, who at that time had almost succeeded in encircling the invading army of the future Caliph Harun al-Rashid (r. 786 809).
