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What's up with the "nobody can win a war anymore" talk? Of course you can win!
Did you think WW1 and WW2 ended because of some magical event that convinced people that they should seek peace?
WW1 ended because the German people were starving, while the German army was pretty much destroyed (and starving too); popular unrest also played a part. Germany was sick of the war, so they had to ask for peace.
WW2 ended (for Germany) because the German people were bombed into submission, while the army was beaten into a bloody pulp. There simply wasn't anyone left who wanted to fight, besides some random loonies who eventually died or fled. In Japan, the war ended because the Japanese were threatened with annihilation, and the Emperor put an end to it.
Today's wars can be won too - you have to destroy the army, and then make the enemy's population lose the will to fight. For instance, in Iraq, if Fallujah is such a problem because of it's resistance, The US could flatten the city and kill everyone inside. Of course, that'd lead to world-wide condemnation, but that part of the rebellion would end. When other cities start acting up, you do the same there. At the end of the day, the remaining people will be so scared of retaliation that they'll stop fighting. Either that, or they'll all be dead. End result: you win.
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