if this was a real war, that's what you would do - you would put the port under siege. you wouldn't keep feeding them as you try to defeat them. that's irrational.

trump actually campaigned on not doing this, and while i didn't endorse him or support him, i did agree with that part of his platform. if you're going to fight a war, you shouldn't do so half-assed and with one arm tied behind your back. war is war. you do it with your whole ass, or you don't fucking bother at all.

this has been america's problem for years: it starts wars, then restrains itself from fighting them.