For twenty years, the United States has suffered from a strategy that aimed at completely unrealistic political objectives.
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We must understand both the can-do spirit of America and the restraints imposed by the realities of a harsh landscape that won’t yield to mere optimism.
Scott A. Silverstone is Professor of International Relations at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and the author, most recently, of From Hitler’s Germany to Saddam’s Iraq: The Enduring False Promise of Preventive War. The views expressed are solely those of the author and do not reflect the official view of the United States Military Academy, the United States Army, or Department of Defense.