It has become an almost banal observation that the United States has not won a serious war since World War II. The question that we have all asked ourselves at one point is, “why?”
Why can’t the foremost superpower on the planet win a war against a bunch of primitive savages from Afghanistan? Why can it not bring the Middle-East to heel? Why can it spend untold trillions on war with nothing to show for it at the end of the day?
The answer to all these questions lies in an old adage, “when all you have is a hammer…”
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