Is America Addicted to War?
Is America Addicted to War? By Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy. BLUF: “The top 5 reasons why we keep getting into foolish fights… Because We Can… The U.S. Has No Serious Enemies… The All-Volunteer Force… It’s the Establishment, Stupid… Congress Has Checked Out… … no doubt that one could add more items to this list (e.g., the passive press, the military-industrial complex, etc.), but the items already noted go a long way to explaining why the supposedly peace-loving United States keeps finding itself in all these small but draining wars.”