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I think maybe there aren't new or old wars anymore, just a single continuous amorphous conflict, against terrorism or whatever.
by dbtc 6y ago
I think maybe there aren't new or old wars anymore, just a single continuous amorphous conflict, against terrorism or whatever.
- totalZero 6y agoTo my knowledge Trump hasn't stepped outside the conflicts engaged by his predecessor. According to Bolton's book, Trump called off a strike on Iranian military facilities after a US drone was downed by Iran, because he didn't believe that the US should kill Iranians over the loss of a robot. Even the killing of Soleimani took place in Baghdad, where Soleimani (himself a commander of insurgent forces) was meeting with an Iraqi commander of insurgent forces. Hard to argue that this act fell outside the confines of the Congressionally authorized war in Iraq.
- dbtc 6y agoAre Yemen and Somalia part of the congressionally authorized war in Iraq? It's not Trump's endless war, it's America's.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Hard to argue that this act fell outside the confines of the Congressionally authorized war in Iraq. Congress didn't authorize war “in Iraq”, but to protect against threats from Iraq (in context of the resolution, pretty clearly the State not the geographical area.)