Will’s Take: The Quickest Way to Lose a War Is to Say You Can Win It from the Air

On Monday’s Special Report, George Will suggested the Obama administration’s emphasis on using air power and drones against al-Qaeda was a potentially disastrous decision.

“George Orwell said the quickest way to end a war is to lose it,” Will said. “I would add the quickest way to lose a war is to say you can win it from the air. . . . Wars are won by men on the ground holding rifles.”