By early 1986 the land war was, if anything, going Iran's way.
We say that such a conventional land war would be a fight on Iraq's terms.
Within six days, Israel had won a decisive land war.
There is still more they can do, short of land war, to force the Serbs to think again.
They're allowed the occasional land war to keep things interesting.
"I am very concerned about committing American ground troops in a land war."
The best known, of course, is never get involved in a land war on Vulcan.
It was Iran that had been expected to take the initiative in the land war.
I heard a reporter ask for the exact date and time of the land war.
The land war would have to be won first.