What does "losing cause" mean?
What does "losing cause" mean in the sentence below?
So far, it appears that drones aren’t decisive. They’re merely instrumental. They’re instrumental in keeping us in a losing cause. They keep our military’s casualty rate at a “sustainable” level, low enough so as not to rankle the folks back home, while they give us an illusion of progress in the sense of a body count of suspected militants killed.
Any advice would be very appreciated.
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Sarunnio They’re instrumental in keeping us in a losing cause. The drone strikes are part of a military policy, and that policy cannot be successful - it will always end in failure.
- Sarunnio They’re instrumental in keeping us in a losing cause.
- The drone strikes are part of a military policy, and that policy cannot be successful - it will always end in failure.
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SarunnioThey’re instrumental in keeping us in a losing cause.
The drone strikes are part of a military policy, and that policy cannot be successful - it will always end in failure.
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