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Will Obama Shun 'Perpetual War'?

walt85 Wrote: Jan 26, 2013 12:16 AM

Military weakness is not the result of an unwillingness to engage in one war after another. Our resources have been wasted and more important the lives and welfare of thousands of our fellow Americans have been sacrificed for debatable reasons. It's time we bring our troops home from Europe and with a few exceptions from everywhere else as well.

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Will Obama Shun 'Perpetual War'?

Midway through his inaugural address, Barack Obama proclaimed, "A decade of war is now ending." A cynical listener might respond: "And a new decade of war is about to begin." Obama sounded pacific notes Monday. But it will be a huge surprise if he can get through four years without going to war.

Military force should not be a frequent recourse for our leaders. For the first century or so of the republic, it wasn't. Leaving aside the intermittent war against the Indians, wars were few and widely spaced.

Beginning with World War II, though, American presidents grew much more inclined to send...

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