Wars are ugly, and that goes double when they’re being lost.
It goes triple when they’re lost while they’re still winnable.
Based on what you may be hearing from veteran American military hawks, you may think this is a reference to the war in Afghanistan, but no: It’s a reference to the war against COVID-19.
Our weapons against the pandemic are consistently improving. On Monday, the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNtech won formal approval from the Food and Drug Administration; similar approval for the similar vaccine made by Moderna is presumably imminent.
Those steps may open the door to vaccination mandates, which can only improve vaccination rates.