Giving Up On Victory, Not War
The United States, Israel, and the Failure of the Western Way of War
This article was published more than ten years ago. The information it contains may be incomplete or out of date.
Nearly 20 years ago, a querulous Madeleine Albright demanded to know: “What’s the point of having this superb military you’re always talking about if we can’t use it?” Today, an altogether different question deserves our attention: What’s the point of constantly using our superb military if doing so doesn’t actually work?
Washington’s refusal to pose that question provides a measure of the corruption and dishonesty permeating our politics. Read more