What exactly did we have figured out? Perhaps I see things differently as someone in my mid-30's but we've been at war almost my entire life. Iraq and Syria we

What exactly did we have figured out? Perhaps I see things differently as someone in my mid-30's but we've been at war almost my entire life. Iraq and Syria were obliterated. Afghanistan didn't fare much better and was the longest war in U.S history. Russia has been killing people in its so-called "sphere of influence" my entire life as well. Chechnya, Georgia, Ukraine. Parts of Africa, such as the Congo and Somalia, have been de-facto war zones for decades. I don't mean to sound harsh but your comment about humanity, or even certain cross-sections of it, having somehow transcended war, strikes me as naive and in denial of what the "post war" (as in post-WWII) era has actually been like.