THERE IS NOTHING NEW under the sun, especially when it comes to our tendency toward war. Reckless and belligerent as our president is, it would be wrong to think our bellicose nature was invented in 2016.

Operation Desert Storm, under Bush 41, was, to his credit, a model of broad coalitionbuilding and narrowly defined strategic goals.

Bill Clinton shifted toward diplomacy by cruise missile. A 2000 a…