This should have been evident when President Vladimir Putin of Russia insisted that any war against international terrorism must have as one of its objectives victory against the rebels in Chechnya.
War was becoming amorphous — undeclared, lacking clear objectives, with victory as such no longer the goal.
But Ze'ev Schiff, the highly respected doyen of Israeli military commentators, and author of the definitive history of the 1982 war, put it bluntly: "Israel is far from a decisive victory and its main objectives have not been achieved".
A substantial section of the community of power believes that military victory is our principal objective, but it is heartening that the Pres.
But behind the differences in background and personality lie two huge driving talents and immensely ambitious drivers for whom victory is the only objective.
By Blake Eskin January 10 , 2011In her essay "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior," an excerpt from her new book, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," Amy Chua makes a case for parenting with the kind of overwhelming force Colin Powell deployed against Saddam Hussein, with the same objective of victory by submission.
In her essay "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior," an excerpt from her new book, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chuaa makes a case for parenting with the kind of overwhelming force Colin Powell deployed against Saddam Hussein, with the same objective of victory by submission.
Blackpool's initial objective was victory - and they should have been ahead inside the first 30 seconds.
A game at its basic definition is nothing more than an objective for victory, a score, and a clear set of rules for how players can influence that score.
President Hugo Chvez has just come into power in a landslide victory with an ambitious objective: to rescue the country from what he calls its "moral, economic and social" crisis.
