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Self-Proclaimed “Peacemaker” Drags U.S. Into Another War (theintercept.com)

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American warplanes bombed three nuclear sites in Iran on Saturday night, bringing the U.S. military directly into Israel’s war with Iran. “NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE,” President Donald Trump incongruously wrote in a social media post announcing the attacks.

Trump campaigned on ending foreign wars during his 2024 presidential run and has cast himself as a “peacemaker.” In his second inaugural address, he pledged to “measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars that we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.” Trump also regularly claims to have opposed the Iraq War from its outset. (He actually supported it.)

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Oddly, Donald has been one of the most peaceful presidents of the last generation. (Granted, that's not saying much, as he did inherit war in seven different countries in 2016.)

He's the pivotal reason we got out of Syria and Afghanistan, where Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Dubya were inventing reasons to keep troops deployed; things like stop-loss policies and deciding to rebrand soldiers as 'advisers', so they could pretend to have ended a war while keeping it going.

The attack on Iran is a bit out of character, and also a reflection that Trump isn't surrounded by any adults or serious people in his administration this time around.

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's surrounded by Jewish billionaires like Miriam Adelson who want the US to fight a war on Israel's behalf.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Not unlike the billionaires surrounding Obama who encouraged his wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Pakistan, and Somalia. The man actually managed to drop more bombs on more countries than Dubya.