In the Thirty Years War ( 1618 - 1648 ) Germany lost about 40% of its population, the bloodiest war in German history.
Hey, we did not lose, OK. There was an armistice, an exchange of prisoners & neither side lost any territory.
wikipedia (see link) lists the operation by Australia as a "failure". Some pundit gave the results of the war as "Australia expended 10,000 rounds of ammunition and suffered a complete loss of dignity".
Hey, when the current US election is over and the results are settled you can preach about loss of dignity, not before.
I thought that for a long time especially when you consider that many young brave boys sacrificed themselves for so called noble causes that ended to be less noble. What a waste of young patriotic men ! However if one day I would have to choose to die standing rather living in the world of progress or shariah, I think I would find it worth it to risk my life and die to not live in such world.
I keep a list of "odd wars" for my classes. Kind of something fun for them to study. The Great Emu War. The Cod War(s) The Toyota War The Drunken War The Anglo/Zanzibar Conflict.