Quote Originally Posted by JMA View Post
What exactly does it make you think?

...that poor little Rhodesia could stand up to Russian and Chinese supported and supplied insurgents but not also against Jimmy Carter and Andy Young?
I suspect he means that efforts to delay or avoid black majority rule were ultimately doomed to failure.

As Steve said:

Word. Tactical acumen cannot compensate for a failed strategy. Afghanistan anyone?
Quite right. Nor can it substitute for a lack of realism at the national level about what is, or is not, achievable.