Un-ending War

More and more I find myself agreeing with Andrew Bacevich of Boston University. The foreign policy of the United States is basically that we are going to be in an un-ending low level war in the middle east or SW Asia. Somewhere where we think we can engage the Islamic Jihadists in battle. Professor Bacevich asks the question "What is the strategic objective?" and finds the answer unsatisfactory.

An un-ending war is actually a death spiral for the economy of the United States. There is no multiplier if you use capital borrowed from the Chinese to manufacture an Humvee that is then blown up in Afghanistan. And then there is opportunity cost, the young men and women in the Humvee are either killed or maimed and therefore less able if at all to contribute to the economy. War is never a good long term investment.