I think we all forget that almost the entire US population that’s in favor of war lives within 50 miles of Washington DC.
The rest of us, you think they listen to us? Hell no. We have stupid ideas like “stay at peace” and “we shouldn’t offshore our blue collar jobs.” We can go die in a fire for all they care. They certainly don’t give a shit about what we think.
Well, paying the troops better doesn’t mean starting new wars overseas. I think Americans are sick of war. Particularly because the blob can’t seem to win a war. 20 years in Afghanistan against goat herders with AKs and they didn’t win? WTF
they didn’t win because they didn’t have a goal. Their plan was just “Idk just sort of hang around taking casulties and killing civilians for a couple decades until we decide we’re bored”
it’s not surprising that plan didn’t have results it didn’t even plan to get results