"Attrition? With a loss ratio of 20:1 OBL and Mullah Omar would appear not to understand it either, eh? Foolestroupe."

I never said the guy was playing with a full deck, T.... :-) But then the 'attrition rate' was pretty high in Vietnam too - if you have no 'advanced military technology', the only way to 'even things up' is with huge numbers of human lives. The Afghans did that against Russia too... The North Koreans tried that too... was a damn close thing at times, according to those who were there....



"there are times when even a sworn foe is seen as noble for fighting an unwinnable fight against overwhelming odds."

Turkey & Australia have a long lasting closeness after Gallipoli a resounding win for the Turks, and a nasty defeat for the British/Aussies - the Aussies still consider Gallipoli one of out most 'glorious combats'.