"Peace through strength" very nearly turned the Cuban missile crisis into WWIII. In the real world things aren't black and white, they're often nearly indistin

"Peace through strength" very nearly turned the Cuban missile crisis into WWIII. In the real world things aren't black and white, they're often nearly indistinguishable shades of gray and at the nation state level nobody has clean hands. "Peace through strength" is more often than not an excuse to ignore the many reasons one's own side has been escalating conflicts. If we actually want peace, we need to get serious about deescalation, and the nature of world politics - and endless series of tit-for-tat - means that someone has to go first. Obama appears to get this. Hillary doesn't. Who fucking knows what goes on in Trump's head...