Andrew Bacevich, author of America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History, discusses US Central Command leader General Joseph Votel’s charge-ahead mentality on the current counterterrorism plan, despite evidence that it is counterproductive and harmful to American security. Bacevich also laments the fact that there are no great antiwar leaders today of the caliber that opposed WWI.
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