" We’re not going to win. This is just the way it is. We’ve tried direct action raids, "hearts and minds," dropping bombs. They’ll keep stepping up no matter how many we kill and that’s just the nature of it. We just have to be prepared to keep knocking them down." ~ Tu Lam

https://www.thevetsproject.com/the-blog/2017/5/22/sgm-tu-lam-army-special-operations-oif-oef-veteran

If you have some time, read this. Lam has a lot of top-notch content online, and he offers a lot of insight to the challenges the world is facing abroad and at home.