Eight years after invading Iraq, U.S. forces remain on station. Nearly a decade after ousting the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, Washington is more deeply involved than ever. Yet the architects of these interminable wars are lobbying to embark on another military adventure in Libya.
The U.S. government long has been tempted to meddle in other nations’ affairs — and rarely to good results. It is difficult to transcend history, ethnicity, culture, religion, tradition and geography to “fix” other countries. Iraq dramatically demonstrated that social engineering through war is even harder.
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