Post-9/11 US Foreign Policy: A Record of Unparalleled Failure
Don't agree with #5--it's just that the best military is of no use when military solutions can't work.
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/24159-post-911-us-foreign-policy-a-record-of-unparalleled-failure
So here are five straightforward lessons -- none acceptable in what passes for discussion and debate in this country -- that could be drawn from that last half century of every kind of American warfare:
1. No matter how you define American-style war or its goals, it doesnt work. Ever.
2. No matter how you pose the problems of our world, it doesnt solve them. Never.
3. No matter how often you cite the use of military force to stabilize or protect or liberate countries or regions, it is a destabilizing force.
4. No matter how regularly you praise the American way of war and its warriors, the U.S. military is incapable of winning its wars.
5. No matter how often American presidents claim that the U.S. military is the finest fighting force in history, the evidence is in: it isnt.
And heres a bonus lesson: if as a polity we were to take these five no-brainers to heart and stop fighting endless wars, which drain us of national treasure, we would also have a long-term solution to the Veterans Administration health-care crisis.