@franktaber@mas.to I think it’s an admirable exercise, but very challenging! Was Iraq I offsensive or defensive? Defensive only to the original Kuwaiti border? Was Korea defensive until the 38th parallel? Vietnam was in defense of S Vietnam. I think it’s ultimately a set of questions too hard to answer, combat can’t really be divided into offensive vs defensive, it’s ultimately how much death & destruction with US action vs an unobservable counterfactual without.