U.S. Army 1st Lt. David T. Broyles watches as his men leave Observation Post Rocky with Afghan National Army Soldiers in Kunar province, Afghanistan, July 19, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Gary A. WitteVictor Davis Hanson, NRO: Why Do These Wars Never End?
Weaker enemies, by design, do not threaten stronger powers existentially; ‘proportionality’ means stalemate.
From the Punic Wars (264–146 b.c.) and the Hundred Years War (1337–1453) to the Arab–Israeli wars (1947–) and the so-called War on Terror (2001–), some wars never seem to end.
The dilemma is raised frequently given America’s long wars (Vietnam 1955–75) that either ended badly (Iraq 2003–11) or in some ways never quite ended at all (Korea 1950–53 and 2017–?; Afghanistan 2001–).
So what prevents strategic resolution? Among many reasons, two throughout history stand out.
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WNU Editor: Bottom line ... it looks like the U.S. will be engaged in fighting wars for a very long time.
5 comments:
1/rd to 2/3rds of the country is not trying to win.
http://exiledonline.com/the-war-nerd-vs-neocon-knucklehead-victor-davis-hanson-a-war-nerd-classic/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Davis_Hanson
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Victor_Davis_Hanson
War is a very bad thing, except for testing new things.
'They' are not in control. The US chooses to engage in these actions. Calling them 'wars' deliberately overstates their importance to the US...except as a convenient waste of materiel which is replaced as expended on hapless targets.
Opit,
There are all sort of engineering projects that spend money.
I do remember them jihadis attacking us.
Some people are notoriously deaf like Clinton. Maybe he has end stage STD of some sort caught from a very, very young girl, who caught it from one of his bankster friends.
You heard the news of Air F**K One haven't you?
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