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If it's required, why is it we can't win a war?

It's not just required. It's mandatory.

Plus, winning a war is not about us taking over a place or getting the enemy to surrender. In today's world, wars don't always come to a clear one-sided win. We have been the world's policeman for over 80 years, and we have not had to win outright to have had good outcomes. we could have won in Vietnam, or in Afghanistan, and we could go to war with Iran and win, but then, that's not what the U.S. is about. Having the best and biggest military is about defense and not about waging war or going to war to win land or territory. We are not an aggressor nation where the military is about conquest. And, we don't have to win with clear results in order to have won a war or achieved a desired result. We didn't win in Iraq, but, that country is no longer waging wars against its neighbors, although Iran is doing its best to control what happens there.