&gt; What &quot;battle&quot; did the US win?  As a military exercise it was a debacle from start to finish.<p>No it wasn&#x27;t. It was a political, moral, social debacle from the start. But not a military one.  Read some history and understand difference between &quot;engagement&quot;, &quot;battle&quot;, and &quot;war&quot;.  Those words mean specific things in military context.