The only war which has been strategically won by the US after WW2 was the Cold War, and possible a tie in the Korean War. It&#x27;s a f.ucking huge win, don&#x27;t get me wrong, but this puts into perspective the huge US military budget which has been consumed in countless other wars with almost nothing to show for it.<p>And, as an anecdote, as a guy how grew up in Eastern Europe in the 1980s things like Michael Jackson&#x27;s music or Coca Cola bottles had a lot more lasting effect on &quot;winning&quot; the Cold War for the US then the nuclear warheads from North Dakota or the Nimitz-class carriers. Too bad that know-how has not been translated into trying to &quot;win&quot; over the hearts and minds of the Arab people.