As much as bombing 10% of a country's population excites me, this article gives a great analysis of why we should not support such interventions.
If there's really a force that needs to be stopped for the sake of the world, it should be easy to get an international coalition with a clearly defined aim to take it out. And even then only when the stakes are immense. US interventions usually don't fit this category.
As much as bombing 10% of a country's population excites me, this article gives a great analysis of why we should not support such interventions.
If there's really a force that needs to be stopped for the sake of the world, it should be easy to get an international coalition with a clearly defined aim to take it out. And even then only when the stakes are immense. US interventions usually don't fit this category.
This is mostly really good. Re: the end of WWII, though, reading this changed my view:
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Die-Defeated-Forgotten-American/dp/0306823381
I'll check it out!