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Why the World’s Biggest Military Keeps Losing Wars

America’s inability to translate its immense firepower into meaningful political effect suggests the $500 billion it spends annually on defence is wasted.

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Hasnain says:

" America’s inability to translate its immense firepower into meaningful political effect suggests the $500 billion it spends annually on defence is wasted. In a recent article in the Atlantic Magazine, James Fallows asked the previously unmentionable question: how can America spend more on its military than all the other great powers combined and still be unable to impose its will on even moderately sized enemies?"

Posted on 2015-02-17T20:14:29+0000