How the weak can win – A primer on protracted war
I'd wished they would have gone into some of the differences between a protracted was with the U.S. and Russia looks like.<p>It's seems like it is easier to point out how Afghanistan and Vietnam were able to draw out a long-term protracted war and out-will a democracy that (to a degree) follows the changing will of the people.  It's especially easier given the lack of threat to the mainland that can be manufactured.<p>But what about against a neighboring oligarchy like Russia?  How do you out-will the singular authoritarian leader and/or his small group of oligarchs?