just attempted clause analysis on that last sentence to find out what you are talking about. no luck. you are in a confusing abusive mindset Teribus. Calm down.

pyrric victory,,,,a few more like the Boer War and the first world war and we would have the economic importance of madagascar.

how much equipment and training does it take to get mowed down by a machine gun?

if Cuba proved anything - it was there is always a way back from the precipice.   

and lastly. for god's sake THINK! THINK FOR YOURSELF! NEVER MIND WHAT 'HISTORIANS' SAY.

Who picked up the tab for the mistaken idea that they could influence events by this military nonsense. Careerist generals......or all the widows and bereaved parents and the poor sods buried under those white crosses.

who ended up running South Africa for the next hundred years the English or the Boers?

Which is the richest industrialised nation in |Europe?