Just when you thought we might finally be done with the “forever war” era, here comes Ben Shapiro with a fresh pitch for a sequel. His latest suggestion? That the U.S. should gear up for an “enduring conflict” to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.
Shapiro actually floated the idea of “American boys” dying to reopen a waterway that, let’s be honest, was working just fine until the current escalation started. It’s a bold take, especially if you’re not the one who has to pack a rucksack and go live in a desert for eighteen months.
The sales pitch here is always the same: “It’s about the economy!” But at this point, that line is starting to feel like a scratched record. Why is it always the American taxpayer—and more importantly, the American soldier—who has to act as the world’s most expensive security guard?
Wait, Are We Doing This Again? Why Ben Shapiro’s “Enduring Conflict” is a Hard Pass
Risking lives to make sure global oil tankers can move freely isn’t making the average person in the U.S. any safer. Instead, it just tethers us to another massive military bill in a region that has already swallowed trillions of our dollars and far too many of our people.
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We’ve spent the last twenty years watching this movie, and we already know how it ends. It’s a cycle of intervention that rarely leads to a win and always leads to more debt. Doubling down on this failed strategy to protect a shipping lane is a slap in the face to a country that’s got plenty of its own problems to solve at home.
Maybe it’s time to stop listening to the war-hawks who treat foreign policy like a game of Risk and start prioritizing the people who actually have to deal with the consequences.
