Who said: conquest is easy but control is not

[tyroneweaver]

Just curious
It wasn’t a russian

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Was it one of the moderators here at USMB?

 

[Esdraelon]

Who said it? Anyone who has ever tried to conquer and hold territory. That'd be pretty much everyone who ever tried to invade and occupy Afghanistan, for example.

 

[Concerned American]

Who said it? Anyone who has ever tried to conquer and hold territory. That'd be pretty much everyone who ever tried to invade and occupy Afghanistan, for example.

Conquest of a people adverse to being controlled often leads to guerilla war and ultimate defeat.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Was it this guy?

 

[Manonthestreet]