Quote Originally Posted by Ken White View Post
Every war we've been involved with for over 220 years occurred in large part because someone made the stupid assumption that "the Americans won't fight." The later ones tend to last too long because we foolishly try to be nice -- I think we're finally starting to realize that's really dumb on our part.
So what you are saying is that had you (the US) made its position clear right up front then all those wars could have been avoided?