Bei Tomdispatch (via Bpb-Newsletter) beklagt sich Andre Bacevich nachvollziehbarerweise über die „Wurstigkeit“ seiner Landsleute gegenüber den zahlreichen Kriegen, in die sein Land involviert ist, versucht aber gleichzeitig auch, den Ursachen nachzugehen: „Like traffic jams or robocalls, war has fallen into the category of things that Americans may not welcome, but have learned to live with. In twenty-first-century America, war is not that big a deal. […] Americans don’t attend all that much to ongoing American wars because: 1. U.S. casualty rates are low. […] 2. The true costs of Washington’s wars go untabulated. […] 3. On matters related to war, American citizens have opted out. […] 4. Terrorism gets hyped and hyped and hyped some more. […] 5. Blather crowds out substance. […] 6. Besides, we’re too busy. […] 7. Anyway, the next president will save us. […] 8. Our culturally progressive military has largely immunized itself from criticism. […] A collective indifference to war has become an emblem of contemporary America. But don’t expect your neighbors down the street or the editors of the New York Times to lose any sleep over that fact. Even to notice it would require them – and us – to care.“ (jw)