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The U.S. Has Been Fighting the Wrong Wars the Wrong Way for Decades

THE ART OF WAR

Why does America have such a poor track record in military interventions overseas over the past 50 years? Short answer: The U.S. is lousy at waging irregular warfare.

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In mid-April, President Joe Biden announced that America’s longest war would be coming to an end, and soon. That it has, much sooner than Biden, or just about anyone else, including the U.S.

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