, historian Andrew Bacevich, the president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, said such arguments elevating the Ukraine-Russia war to “cosmic importance” are indicative of a foreign policy establishment that hasn’t learned from its mistakes.
History As It Happens: Seeking redemption through proxy war
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The loss of blood and treasure from fighting “endless wars” in Iraq and Afghanistan, combined with the damage from two economic calamities in the course of 12 years (the 2008 stock market crash and the 2020 pandemic-induced recession), have left the U.S. in decline, no matter what our blinkered leaders may imagine, said Mr. Bacevich, the author of "After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed."
History As It Happens: The fall of the American empire
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