Strategic amnesia, political division put U.S. in extreme jeopardy

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The Amercian flag flies on the east side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2023. File Photo by Pat Benic/UPI | License Photo May 10 (UPI) -- To put it charitably, America and Americans suffer from a bad case of strategic amnesia. This condition has affected not only how the U.S. is responding to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. More importantly, how the U.S. is dealing with its "enemies" is very concerning. Despite forgetting history, a bit of recall is instructive. Advertisement During the Eisenhower years, the U.S. panicked over the so-called "missile gap" with...