We won WW II because Truman was too stupid to listen to the Commies in the White House, but they soon whipped him into line as evidenced by his disaster in Korea.
Fight to win or don't fight. We could end the war in Pakistan tomorrow, but we won't.
We could start by destroying their source of income, but instead we protect it.
We could greatly diminish the Middle East power by developing our own resources, but neither party seems to care one bit.
We certainly could ask Kuwait and Iraq to pay their own bills for defense, like we were told they would, but we don't. Seems as if we are following some grand plan, but that would be silly. Or maybe the Bible is correct?
We are pretty much in total agreement.