Brigadier General Sheikh, Acting Deputy of the Army: America's biggest defeat in the war is the collapse of its image of power. According to him, America's goal in entering the war was to restore its aura as a superpower and show that it can impose its will through military force. Developments on the battlefield, he argued, seriously undermined this image and showed that military superiority does not necessarily achieve political and strategic goals, and that America is losing credibility.

Brigadier General Sheikh, Acting Deputy of the Army: America's biggest defeat in the war is the collapse of its image of power. According to him, America's goal in entering the war was to restore its aura as a superpower and show that it can impose its will through military force. Developments on the battlefield, he argued, seriously undermined this image and showed that military superiority does not necessarily achieve political and strategic goals, and that America is losing credibility.