One reason we continue to lose wars is we don’t bother to learn about other cultures, like the ones we’re fighting. It’s common in many other cultures for men to hold hands, nothing gay about it. We’ve succeeded in forcing russia and china into alliance and now india as well.
...because we fight proxy wars...not all-out war to gain total victory. The only ones who win anything during proxy wars are the politicians, their friends, family members, and big donors who have investments in the military industrial complex. The U.S. also hasn't had a total war victory since the CIA was created after WWII, and because we send lawyers to battle zones to tell our troops how not to offend our enemies.