Why does America like to fight?

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the United States has used its troops more than 200 times, launched or participated in 59 major wars, and 55 times after World War II. Korean War in 1950s, 196 1' s landing in the Bay of Pigs, Vietnam War, 1985' s invasion of Granada, 1986' s air raid on Libya, 1989' s invasion of Panama and the Gulf of 1960s. In the past half century, it can be said that no country is so "aggressive" as the United States. No wonder the world came to the conclusion that "America likes to fight". Why is America so aggressive? We must look for reasons from both tradition and reality. The United States has a deep-rooted martial arts tradition. At that time, when European immigrants set foot on the American continent, they carried axes and rifles with them. They used these two magic weapons to destroy their opponents, which not only cultivated the American people's goodwill towards guns, but also planted the seeds of "force is the last word" in their minds. They established their country by waging war against Britain, the suzerain country, and successively conquered Indians, Mexicans and Hawaiians by force, defeated the Spanish and expanded their territory. In today's economic globalization, war is no longer the first choice to solve real conflicts, so Hollywood blockbusters point their finger at aliens. The martial spirit of the United States is therefore rooted in culture and passed down from generation to generation. "American exceptionalism" and "natural mission theory" also gave the United States the ideological motivation to use troops overseas. Many Americans think that their political system is the most advanced in the world, while imperial rule, theocracy and monism are heresies in the eyes of many American politicians. In order to eliminate these "heterogeneous", let the system you admire unify the whole country, even if you use force. The United States launched the Vietnam War to prevent the chain reaction of capitalism in Southeast Asia. It is generally believed that the Iraq war is an oil war. In fact, "promoting democracy in a century-old Middle East theocracy" occupies a large part of the decision-making basis of the Bush administration. America's national strength provided a solid backing for its war. First of all, the United States can afford war and its economy is huge. Not only will it not make ends meet like a small country, but war dividends can also stimulate economic growth. In other words, even the war quagmire like the Iraq war has limited practical impact on the American economy. Secondly, the United States has advanced technology and weapons, and the casualties caused by the war are very low. The government does not need to worry too much when making a decision to go to war. Finally, the United States always puts the battlefield on the territory of other countries, and the mainland is free from the disaster of war, so the relative cost of fighting is not high. Of course, the United States launched wars abroad, mainly driven by interests. Obtain resources, occupy geographical advantages, open up markets and so on. In addition, by waging war, the United States has turned other countries into testing grounds for new American weapons and training grounds for the US military, thus enabling the US military to maintain strong combat effectiveness and gain operational experience through continuous actual combat. Doesn't the United States have the power to oppose war? Of course there is. However, the political structure and bureaucracy of the United States cannot effectively contain the war. The political system of the United States is the separation of executive, legislative and judicial powers and checks and balances each other. However, when it comes to diplomatic decision-making, especially major emergencies, due to the asymmetric information held by various departments and the need to establish the image of a core leader, the power of the executive branch, especially the president, will expand invisibly, and the checks and balances mechanism will often fail. For example, of the many wars launched by the United States, only six were declared by the Congress in accordance with the Constitution, and the rest were led by the President. There are many interest groups in the United States, especially the military industry group. The military-industrial complex composed of the military and arms dealers has always advocated being tough with the outside world to seek its own interests. Once conservatives, hardliners or ultra-nationalists come to power, they can easily hit it off. At this time, nothing can stop their ambition to launch a foreign war. The reason why the United States likes to fight is that both subjective and objective factors are playing a role. But from a longer history, it is the established powers such as Britain, France and Germany, not the United States, that have waged the most wars. Compared with the world powers of the same period, the war launched by the United States has obvious characteristics of "bullying the soft and fearing the hard". Except for the life and death of the country, the United States chose to go to war with Britain, the world hegemon at that time, and all other wars were initiated or participated by the United States. Its opponents are all weak countries. Even in the face of such a powerful country, such as Germany and Japan during World War II, the United States entered the war only after the allies consumed a lot of each other's strength. .. it can be seen that the United States pays great attention to the balance of interests when launching the war, and it will be closed when it is ready.