This approach (Perpetual War) is based on the belief that Washington is capable of solving every international problem. If only unnamed bright people implemented theoretically brilliant strategies backed by unidentified resolute citizens, terrorism would be suppressed, ISIS would be defeated, Russia would be compliant, Iraq would be successful, Syria would be peaceful, Libya would be united, and China would be respectful.
Related: You Must Be Kidding!
Doug Bandow, Huffington Post
09/24/2016 | The last three administrations have followed a bipartisan policy of constant war. Unfortunately, the consequences have been ugly: every intervention has laid the groundwork for more conflict.
Yet the architects of this failure claim that all would be well if only Washington had acted more often and more decisively. In their view, the problem is not that America goes to war, but that it doesn’t go to war nearly enough.
Doug Bandow: Contributing writer, policy analyst, Huffington Post
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You Must Be Kidding! Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch
War, Peace, and Absurdity
Adventures in an American World of Frustration
Related: Why the US Can’t Break Its Addiction to War
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