But, in typical American fashion, we show up late to something that the rest of the world knew was going on for a while, bungled our way towards the forefront of something, and will spend decades after the fact in self masturbatory bliss saying how much we truly suffered.to be fair, the US hardly suffered in that war compared to almost every other major participant.
When all we really had to do was listen early, nip it in the bud, and silence the homegrown idiots who didn't believe and/or embraced the horrors for political favor.