"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
dakotatelephone...
Jack Linthicum wrote:

“This is all a war of perceptions,” General McChrystal said. “This is
not a physical war in terms of how many people you kill or how much
ground you capture, how many bridges you blow up. This is all in the
minds of the participants.”

Oh, dear God... the "hearts and minds" routine again.
We'll be seeing "the light at the end of the tunnel" shortly.

Pat

Who first said, "If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will
follow"?