The US has been at war or in military conflict for all but around 16 years of its existence. The military has been successful in achieving its aims in the vast majority of those conflicts. It wasn't until after WW2, when clear victory in limited conflicts, and the idea of "nation building" took hold, that the military became involved in conflicts where "victory" was not achieved. The War of 1812 was a stalemate, The wars against the Indigenous Peoples, The Mexican-American War, The Spanish-American War, WWI, WW2... all victories. We stalemated in Korea, but maintained the Republic of Korea. In Vietnam, we stepped into a conflict that was centuries old for stupid reasons and there was no path to clear victory except annihilating the whole of North Vietnam, which would have brought China and Russia into the conflict. We achieved military victory in Iraq, but like most other colonial powers, we underestimated the situation in the Middle East. Same with Afghanistan. We should have left when Bin Laden did, or at least when we finally caught and killed him.
Again though, Gaetz is full of shit. He knows nothing
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