Pax Americana at Presidents' Day: How Go Our Wars? (And How Many Are There, Anyway?)
Category: POLITICS
Even before American hegemony emerged after World War II, birthday boy George Washington's Farewell Address admonition to avoid "permanent alliances" and focus on neutrality had long since been ignored. Now we have a worldwide web of alliances, mostly of our own instigation, and involvement in a whole host of wars.
By William Bradley, ContributorPolitical Analyst, 2015-02-16