Bonnie Kristian in the L.A. Times
Our foreign policy going forward should be informed by what this recent poll shows most Americans have already realized: The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria weren’t worth it. They cost us dearly in every respect: indebted future generations, upended strategic priorities, unintentionally undermined U.S. security, inflicted suffering on foreign innocents, and spent the lives of U.S. troops in pursuit of ill-considered and unachievable aims.
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