re: USA has lost its last two major wars

Naw we lost focus. It was a huge spending of national treasure that enriched a few of our industries. We had no business nation building and the mission was done once we killed Bin Laden and his circle.

We have this odd view of how after the fighting and occupation works because we've really only down it a few times. With the South, several Spanish Islands, West Germany and Berlin, Japan, South Korea. We did poorly (look at this board) to mostly okay. Then the idealogical fight between us and the Soviets really messed with our priorities, so every major conflict has spiraled out from winning wars to winning hearts. When we don't need that anymore and were never good at it to begin with. We just need to learn to get the mission done. And let humanitarian aid be natural charity and UN work.