The First Gulf War - Is There a Coalition?

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Sata musaine had its pathetic army, which proved itself in the first gulf war. The only people didn't bleave as the people t know which way was north. In one case, a whole company of soldiers surrendered to a female reporter from suburban washington who was armed probably only with a pencil. But if he'd gotten them, so what? Heul have been detained and deterred, if necessary.

In this conversation based on his new book, The Stupidity of War, political scientist John Mueller argues that American foreign policy since 1945 has been one long miscue; most international threats — including during the Cold War — have been substantially exaggerated. The result has been agony and bloviation, unnecessary and costly military interventions that have mostly failed. With international war in decline, complacency and appeasement become viable diplomatic devices and a large military is scarcely required.