On Ben Shapiro's Notion that "the Government Is Good at War"

And his evidence is what exactly? When Napoleon marched into Russia and lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers? When the British threw 90% of their empire into South Africa to fight a bunch of farmers to a stalemate (losing countless battles along the way)? When the U.S. put a half a million troops into Vietnam and ten years later had to use a helicopter to get people out? When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan and bled their country ultimately to its conclusion? When George Bush invaded Iraq? Come on!!!..............................................................................................P.S. And, yes, even in the wars that we won, the victories were extremely pyrrhic; the Civil War leading to the destruction of a society, Reconstruction, and the most divisive emancipation in human history, WW1 leading to the punitive Treaty of Versailles and the rise of Hitler and Stalin, WW2 leading to 60 million deaths and the loss of Eastern Europe to the Communists, etc........Oh yeah, the government is soooooooooooo awesome at war.