“Last War-itis” only intensified under President Barack Obama. His overriding belief was that America remained militarily dominant, that our traditional assumptions about how and with what we would fight were valid, and that our greatest threat was not foreign rivals with new kill chains but the misuse of our own power. The top priority was to end the wars that Bush began, cut military spending, and focus on “nation-building at home.” The new president did call for a “pivot to Asia,” which was code for competing more seriously with China. And his Pentagon did begin work on a new operational
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