Unilateral US victories include the Spanish-American War, Moro Rebellion, Mexican-American War, and War of 1812.I think I can throw the Civil War on that list, too. Likewise the Indian Wars of the late 19th century. These are all armed conflicts that the US won on its own.

For that matter, the Korean Conflict was every bit as unilateral as Iraq is (vast majority of casualties on our side suffered by indigenous allies, vast majority of remainder suffered by America, 5-10% by other allies) and that wasn’t a defeat.

Which argument did you find silly? Was it the US won no wars unilaterally ‘in this century’? (Did you mean to say ‘in the past 100 years’? That would look a little more reasonable.)

Yes, you do have to convince me that the Iraq war is a failure. Or rather I have not yet been convinced. You’re clearly not up to it, since you prefer insults to argument. I prefer both, but then I have both the ability to argue and the presence of facts on my side, advantages you lack.

This is fun, though – please tell me how I’ve made it clear I know nothing about history. Awe me with further display of your intellectual acumen.