I voted for Donald Trump because I was tired of Ivy League globalist pr!cks running this nation’s foreign policy. Anyone who still thinks the invasion of Iraq was a good idea shouldn’t even be allowed to clean the toilets in the White House.
Technically, of course, Trump from his undergraduate Wharton degree is Ivy League as well, and certainly Kushner fits your definition: Ivy League globalist pr!cks running this nation’s foreign policy.
But I know what you mean.
“Anyone who still thinks the invasion of Iraq was a good idea shouldn’t even be allowed to clean the toilets in the White House.”
The mistake wasn’t the initial invasion, it was the failure to crush the enemy quickly and then get out. The fake news and the Democrat party aided and abetted the enemy from day one, gladly serving as conduits for spreading enemy propaganda.
Was Bush and his administration at fault? Sure, the buck stops there. But his mistake was failing to recognize that in the post Vietnam era, you have only a couple months to win a war militarily, before anti-American Left mobilizes their propaganda machine, draining in the will of the the people, and congress.
Unlike his father in the Persian Gulf War, Junior didn’t get it done fast enough and was soon overwhelmed by leftist propaganda: “Bush is only in it for the oil.” “Bush is carrying out a personal vendetta because his father did not get Saddam Hussain.” “Our troops are committing atrocities.” “Dick Cheney is a bloodthirsty maniac.” “Dick Cheney is making money off the war and Bush is just his puppet.” “ Bush is a puppet of Israel.” And finally the one that stuck - “Bush lied about WMD to get us into the war.”
Once the anti-war propaganda took hold, the war effort was hobbled by nonsensical rules of engagement and lack of support in Congress. The anti American MSM reinforced enemy narratives 24/7 that our military was targeting schools and hospitals.
I think George Bush Senior had it right - use air strikes and if a war isn’t won in a couple months, just quit and declare total victory.
Look, I’m sure there exist neocons and globalists who like to get us into protracted wars in order to profit from the global “military-industrial complex” - but not every hawkish conservative deserves to be lumped together with them.
THIS.
I also remember seeing on another (older) comment thread that basically stated that there was a time in the mid-2000s when ANYONE who opposed the neocons was driven off this site and into exile. And that if something like that happens again this site will collapse.
I totally agree with whoever made that statement. Although I can’t remember who it was. :(