How to Lose a War

Or, the New Western doctrine of Unbelievable Restraint.

* Keep your forces static

* Burden them with insane Rules of Engagement wherein the soldiers can only respond once already under attack

* Keep your best weapons and tactics rusting on the shelf

* Ambiguous, "feel-good" equivocations about a campaign's objectives

Any of this sound familiar?
Kill ratios and force multipliers, while important tactical and strategic concerns to be considered, are not paramount. In fact, I'd rather see a 3:1 or 2:1 ratio with a mobile force heading toward a well-defined set of objectives than a force producing 15:1 to 30:1 kill ratios standing around waiting for the one lucky nuclear/chem/bio strike.