• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      The ideas don’t come ex nihilo, though. There’s a vested interest among the large and influential pro-war lobbying community to convince policy makers and voters that these endless wars are beneficial, even part of some utopian global project of peace.

      “Vietnam was winnable” as an idea persists because it was so profitable. And because Americans really want to believe their military is this unstoppable force, capable of solving any foreign policy problem.