What conclusion about the use of U. S. military power would be most logically drawn from the experience of the war in Afghanistan?

what the first or next guys says

an era of negotiation.

is that an answer to your question?

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire

i believe it would be a single seller : )