The First World War

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First world war just became apparent that this is really stupid. War was fought over the infidelities of a single woman, helen. She may have been very beautiful, butit wa as shakespeare points out inpresida,. As one of thes characters point out, it sures said anything wasn't worth it. So it certainly wasn't te first stupid war in history. It wasn't the most disgusting i don't think that leeches and dysentery and and bugs were indin mud. Were invented in 19 14. I mean, why di democracy only start about 200 years ago? They've known about it for two millennia. Free marketn economics also. Why did

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.