Quote Originally Posted by slapout9 View Post
Ken, splain that agin real slow?
If I wanted to type and quote just your words without the rest of that, I'd type:

Ken, splain that agin real slow?

Then I'd highlight that by moving my cursor over it until what I wanted to quote was highlighted in green (in my browser) and then click on the 'quote' Icon up above the white message window; last on on the right in line, put your cursor on it and it pops up: Wrap [QUOTE] tags around selected text

OR

I could type this:

[quote]Ken, splain that agin real slow?[/quote ]

WITHOUT THE SPACE between the last 'e' and the bracket, like this: /quote] and that will produce this:

Ken, splain that agin real slow?
In your post at 12:32 AM if you'd put a [/quote ] without the space between the 'e' and the bracket behind the words "Here's how to selectively quote" you'd have gotten this:

Originally Posted by Ken White >
I'd first say that in any operation like Afghanistan or any COIN operation (the two are not the same thing) -- or any politically limited war -- there is no defeat or victory. All one can obtain is a satisfactory outcome. What comprises that outcome is likely to vary over time and each side will have different goals.

Here's how to selectively quote:
(quote)Very true, but I can't link to all of your posts (/quote)