John Kerry actually said...

So using that language is--even in this context I think is dangerous. Now maybe the word 'success' is more accurate.

Kerry critiques the use of 'victory' and 'defeat' in discussing military objectives.

03/25/2009

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This event enhances America's security and it brings us closer to our objective of dismantling and destroying al-Qaeda.

the United States does not have a clear expression... we are not projecting, to anyone in Afghanistan, a clarity of purpose right now.

the Taliban can't win, that's not the same as stability but, knowing that we will persevere to that extent.

People have not begun to plan for it, as I can tell, and have not begun to politically prepare their own publics for it.