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To: Elroy who wrote (36657)	4/22/2007 12:30:04 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541777

When armies fight they don't just fight to win a war in abstract - they fight a war to win an objective, right? The war is fought because it is necessary to gain territory, to repel an aggressor, etc. There are reasons for the war. It's not like a WWF fight where someone gives you cash just for winning. I suppose you can cast it like a WWF fight if you want to. I don't see the logic in that. Does it serve some purpose to see the war as a win even though the objectives were lost? I find it hard to separate the two. Can you explain to me why it would be valuable to see them as separate?