https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2012/12/27/the-man-who-forgot-to-lose/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 04:00:46 -0400<![CDATA[When H. Norman Schwarzkopf drove Saddam Hussein&#8217;s force out of Kuwait, he not only won the Mother of All Battles, he also recaptured the standard from Giap&#8217;s trophy room. From 1975 until that February, 1991 the accepted narrative forged by the press in Vietnam was that America was bound to lose any clash of arms in the Third World. Schwarzkopf&#8217;s performance shattered that narrative so thoroughly that some regarded its effects as dangerously destabilizing.]]>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:19:10 -0500<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2012/12/27/the-man-who-forgot-to-lose-n192322