U.S. Foreign Policy's Infinity Loop

mission accomplished

presidents come and go, parties go to and from power,  times change, as do enemies and allies (see Saddam Hussein). some American policy seems to be perennial: 

• peace talks in middle east, Israelis, Palestinians etc. always attempted,  never successful  long term. wish it was  
• 'we'll get off our dependence on foreign oil". i think this one has been reiterated since Nixon
• America will  hold on to the world's largest nuclear weapon supply and then lead the chant  against any of their enemies (not their allies, no matter how militant: Pakistan, India, Israel,)  that even begin to make any kind of nuclear fuel
•  in the fashion of 1984 (Orwell and Reagan's) America will have an enemy, usually created by the Republicans and/or the media: Communism, the Soviets  (Reagan: "evil empire"), Japan (economic, 80s-90s), "Axis of Evil", "war on terror",  China (economic, not human rights). at the same time America will hold on to one of the biggest military empires in all times with troops in some 150 nations
• war is peace: preaching peace, delivering war: over 369 000 troops abroad, preemptive strikes, world's  largest arms supplier? and above actions.  
• Americans love a winner, including  war: we'll almost always  win short term, often lose long term (Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan)