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* A complaint occasionally fielded about the American public during the [[War On Terror]], especially in the early years, was that they expected this ''despite'' warnings from government officials that they were in for a very long campaign. Blame for this is typically laid upon the surprisingly easy victory in [[Curb Stomp Battle|Desert Storm]], where the American-led coalition steamrollered over the Iraqi forces. Then again, the Gulf War of 1991 was a very different sort of war from the wars the US would be fighting in the early 21st century.
** Cleverly averted when the Americans left Iraq, however. The time table was "by the end of the year", even though they were gone by Christmas. [[Genre Savvy]] General, perhaps?
* This was one of the points of the Greek phalanx. They could finish the war in one day, congratulate themselves on how manly they were, and adjust the turf(literally as they were primarily agriculturalists fighting over, well, turf)according to who won. There were few hard feelings and no attempt to pursue. And the price of defeat was considered less then the price of a sustained campaign in the Middle Eastern manner. This of course included the assumption that the invaded side would come out and play but most Greek states did not consider an enemy holding their fields hostage [[Nobody Calls Me Chicken| worth the humiliation.]]
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