Btw: this isn't meant to be a dunk on @phl43, as I know what he meant. He's saying the (inherited) logistics infrastructure of the US is so impressive that it can seemingly wage endless wars overseas without any impact on the homefront.And that has indeed been the case in the past. Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya...all were essentially watched on a TV screen without much impact on daily life within the US.However, the head of the International Energy Agency has said this is the largest disruption in history ...