Our foreign policy record isn’t much better, despite big successes such as stopping Hitler. Consider the unintended consequences of involving ourselves in other conflicts, such as Vietnam.
We, the US Military stopped Hitler.
We, the US Military could have stopped the Communists in Vietnam.
It was a failure on the part of the Civilian Government. I we had been allowed to wage war in Vietnam as we did in Europe the outcome would have been drastically different. No war can ever be won when we use or military as police or security guards. They are warriors. There job and duty is to kill and destroy our enemies. Until we allow them to do that again we will never win a war..
"We, the US Military could have stopped the Communists in Vietnam." We did stop them and forced them to the peace table in 1972. In 1975, three years after we left Vietnam, the North reneged on the treaty and over ran the South. We stood by, far away, and watched.
"It was a failure on the part of the Civilian Government." Yes! You finally got one right.