Fred Kaplan parses a speech that President Obama gave recently at West Point, laying out a philosophy that not every foreign policy problem has a military solution. I would like to believe that's so…and recent history would seem to prove it is.
I am old enough to remember when this country's Anti-War Movement was all about how military action was immoral. Not that much of it isn't in many ways but I now see an Anti-War Movement that has a different premise: That most military action does not achieve its goals and leaves us worse off.
So here's my question: How many wars would this country currently be fighting if John McCain had been elected president?