I think the United States has been fighting far too much and we've got to choose another path.

135 countries, at least, where the United States has gone to war.

Do you think we could have avoided all the wars that we had?

The United States is not safer and the world is not safer because there are 750 bases around the world.

Why do you think we're in so many different places?

The question administration did not need to respond to those problems with war.

The vast majority of people in Afghanistan had no responsibility for the attacks in 2011.

You attack our land and you want me to sit there and not do anything about it?

By giving them the war they wanted, that was an achievement for them.

ISIS is a product of the U.S. war in Iraq. We created ISIS.

Aren't we in too deep to play nice now?

My guest today is a professor at American University and he recently wrote a book called

the United States of War, a global history of America's endless conflict from Columbus to the Islamic State.

David, thank you so much for being a guest on my attainment.

Patrick, I'm really thrilled. I'm excited for the conversation.

Yes, I am probably more excited than you are because this is something that I want to take a deep dive

on. So, David, for viewers who don't know your background, I mean, there's a lot of things you can

write a book about, you can write a book about Pokemon cards, you can write a book about,

who's the greatest basketball player all the time, you can write a book on caviar studying the history

of caviar. What inspired you to want to write a book on the United States of War, a global history

of America's endless conflicts from Columbus to Islamic State?

In short, I think we have to stop fighting. I think the United States has been fighting far too

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