> like every single conflict the US went into since ww2

Depends on how you connect conflicts to strategic aims. The US won the cold war. Could they have done so without all the military conflicts? Further, what's the best way to maintain a strong fighting force? By fighting. The US needs wars to maintain it's fighting muscle.

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toasty228 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> The US won the cold war.

They won it so hard they're not even aware it's still going on...

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mgfist 3 hours ago | parent [-]

If you're referring to China, that's a new cold war.

Russia can't even beat it's much smaller, much poorer neighbor in a full on war.

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onlypassingthru 2 hours ago | parent [-]

And yet Russia somehow managed to get a puppet in the White House so...

	▲	mgfist 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The puppet couldn't even get Ukraine to surrender so idk how effective that's been