Andrew Bacevich on the failure of the global war on terror

I believe - I think the record shows - that inflated claims about our influence and about our capacity to direct events in the world leads to disaster.  Where is the proof?  Well, the proof is in the behavior of the United States (an example)... after 9/11 when we launched this, the folly of the global war on terrorism which has cost our country dearly in blood, in treasure and perhaps at least as important, in creating instability in our own democracy.  We can't afford anymore of that and therefore we need to think about what a more prudent and realistic way of dealing in the world might be.

~ Andrew Bacevich, co-founder, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, "Historian Andrew Bacevich questions the U.S.'s moral authority in global conflicts," GBH News, November 3, 2023