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The pro-Russian RT press as usual has some interesting things to say about U.S. foreign policy. Here is an attack on the Democratic Party’s endless hypocrisy over “ending endless wars.” The Bernie Sander’s “left” wing of the party has here gotten a nod, but no promises.
Of course Baby Bush originated the great fiasco in Iraq (which Obama opposed) and Donald Trump himself (with his aide Pompeo) has almost doubled the number of U.S. troops in the Greater Middle East. Furthermore, this administration has increased the use of secondary and extraterritorial sanctions (and financial exclusion from the worldwide SWIFT banking clearing house) as new “weapons of war.” An “October surprise“ announcement of troop withdrawals from Afghanistan is still possible, however. Article excerpt follows:
The Democratic Party’s 2020 electoral platform includes a call to end the US’ “forever wars” - which sounds great, except that a Democratic president started many of those wars and the party has stonewalled efforts to end them.
“Democrats know it’s time to bring nearly two decades of unceasing conflict to an end,” the platform, released in draft form on Monday and expected to be approved by Democratic leaders later this week, reads.
It’s a relatively uncontroversial statement in itself: at nearly 19 years and counting, the US war in Afghanistan is the longest conflict in American history. The various satellite wars that have sprung up as part of the “War on Terror” have devastated large swathes of the Middle East - and the US itself, which has spent upwards of $6 trillion on fighting them while much of the country slid into a permanent recession - over the past two decades.
However, the responsibility for many of those satellite conflicts lies with Democrat Barack Obama’s administration, which liberally bombed Syria, Libya, Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia in addition to Afghanistan and Iraq, turning the already-disastrous two-front War on Terror of his predecessor George W. Bush into a regional quagmire. Democratic candidate Joe Biden was Obama’s vice president, cheering those wars on and defending his boss’ decisions. Now, the party wants Americans to believe only he can put an end to them...
Democrats’ election platform demands end to ‘forever wars’ — most of which were launched last time Biden held office
Of course Baby Bush originated the great fiasco in Iraq (which Obama opposed) and Donald Trump himself (with his aide Pompeo) has almost doubled the number of U.S. troops in the Greater Middle East. Furthermore, this administration has increased the use of secondary and extraterritorial sanctions (and financial exclusion from the worldwide SWIFT banking clearing house) as new “weapons of war.” An “October surprise“ announcement of troop withdrawals from Afghanistan is still possible, however. Article excerpt follows:
The Democratic Party’s 2020 electoral platform includes a call to end the US’ “forever wars” - which sounds great, except that a Democratic president started many of those wars and the party has stonewalled efforts to end them.
“Democrats know it’s time to bring nearly two decades of unceasing conflict to an end,” the platform, released in draft form on Monday and expected to be approved by Democratic leaders later this week, reads.
It’s a relatively uncontroversial statement in itself: at nearly 19 years and counting, the US war in Afghanistan is the longest conflict in American history. The various satellite wars that have sprung up as part of the “War on Terror” have devastated large swathes of the Middle East - and the US itself, which has spent upwards of $6 trillion on fighting them while much of the country slid into a permanent recession - over the past two decades.
However, the responsibility for many of those satellite conflicts lies with Democrat Barack Obama’s administration, which liberally bombed Syria, Libya, Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia in addition to Afghanistan and Iraq, turning the already-disastrous two-front War on Terror of his predecessor George W. Bush into a regional quagmire. Democratic candidate Joe Biden was Obama’s vice president, cheering those wars on and defending his boss’ decisions. Now, the party wants Americans to believe only he can put an end to them...
Democrats’ election platform demands end to ‘forever wars’ — most of which were launched last time Biden held office
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