The New Dogma, No Boots on the Ground

Americans now generally feel that any military intervention will turn into an endless quagmire. It has become a new dogma, no boots on the ground. The triumph of this dogma makes thoughtful preparation for future war almost impossible. Why do we need ground forces when our entire approach to war is to avoid ever using them? Erac sindrone precludes even asking what the nature of future war is likely to be because it insists dogmatically on what it will not be. We are getting it wrong again.