WWI-Wilson (D) - US entered war as a result of German aggression
WWII-FDR (D) - US entered war as a result of Japanese aggression
Korea-Truman (D)
Vietnam-JFK (D) & LBJ (D) - First advisors killed in Vietnam 1959 - Eisenhower (R)
First Gulf War - Bush (R)
Iraq War - Dumbya (R) longest running war in US history
Afghanistan war - Dumbya (R) 2nd longest running war in US history
Seems like you don't need any over time at all....
You better check your stats there Doc before someone takes away your license to practice! Better put in some overtime!
We invaded Afghanistan in 2001, and it continues today uninterrupted.
We invaded Iraq in March, 2003 and pulled all combat troops out of there in December, 2011. I know because my son's unit were the very last to leave.
Why didn't Obama pull us out of Afghanistan like he did Iraq?
Maybe got it the wrong way around. And there are still 'advisors' in both countries.
We have combat units in Iraq and Afghanistan now, thanks to Obambam's early withdrawal from Iraq.
Now hold on a moment. We left Iraq because that's what people wanted, on all sides. Same for the huge drawdown in Afghanistan. While "ISIS" would certainly not have been as successful if we stayed, they still would have taken cities and attacked , well, pretty much everyone. We need to blame the actual reasons these things are happening, and those reasons are the actions of our enemies, not our lack of will to "kill 'em all". We need to stop blaming ourselves and our leaders for the actions of our enemies. For instance, blaming Bush for 9/11. Fuggin stupid.
Leadership means doing the right thing when everyone else wants you to do the wrong thing.
Trump "leadership":
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Inside the White House, Trump's concerns about
losing the support of his base have blanketed much of his decision-making, according to people he's spoken with. As summer ended without a decisive legislative win, Trump has only grown more insistent on following the volatile -- but, in his view, winning -- political instincts that aides have at times attempted to rein in.
Critical upcoming decisions on the Iran nuclear deal and a nominee for Federal Reserve chairman -- both expected to come in mid-October -- are being considered partly for how they'll play with Trump's base, people familiar with Trump's thinking said.
While Trump begrudgingly agreed to support the establishment-backed candidate in Alabama's special Senate election, he offered only scant praise during his one campaign event for him. When Sen. Luther Strange
lost to far-right Roy Moore in last week's primary contest,
an irritated Trump used the episode to further question the political instincts of his team.
Afterward, Trump's aides shrugged off the loss of the candidate who Trump backed, suggesting instead that Moore's win was a sign that Trump-style politics is alive and well.
"I think that this is an extension of what we saw last year, which is that when some voters have a chance to vote against Washington and the establishment, they will do exactly that, especially after we haven't had a lot of legislative victories," said Kellyane Conway, the President's senior counselor."
-CNN
Trump, playing to his base, first and foremost. Everyone knows it. It's not a secret. If his first premise is to do what is popular, he's directly violating your words of wisdom.