Why America usually wins

'How did we win this war? There are complex answers to that question, but there is also a simple one that is true and is the basis for all the complexities that spring from it: We won the war because United States Soldiers and Sailors and Airmen and Marines do not quit.'
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To the jaded European ear, it may sound trite, it may sound trivial, it may even sound self-aggrandizing, but I believe its true. It is a bedrock American trait- every high-school coach and senatorial candidate sings its praises. I remember bumping into its crazier manifestations when I lived in the states, and marvelled at it. Perhaps I marvelled because while it used to be a British trait, it long ago ceased to be touted and beaten into children in my country. I brief perusal of America's record in war- forget the Vietnam myths for a moment- indicates a nation which grinds out its victories often at significant cost and perhaps with small regard given to the lives of grunts. But young Amercans keep stepping forward and getting into the humvee, the blackhawk and the F-18 and fighting the fight. Cowards they are not. It is never ever a good idea to underestimate that courage, that will, that bravado, that toughness, that will to win.