Democrat politicians do love war, though, just not ones with real opponents like Russia. They want wars that can drag on for years and give them an excuse to sacrifice of the sons and daughters from flyover country, to spend lots of money, and to squash our rights.
[Democrat politicians do love war, though, just not ones with real opponents like Russia.]
In general, it’s never a good idea to fight a war with real opponents. War is not a joust, where weapons are blunted and everybody gets together at the end for drinks. Real war costs large numbers of friendly lives. And the way the US fights wars - every war is a quagmire.
[They want wars that can drag on for years and give them an excuse to sacrifice of the sons and daughters from flyover country, to spend lots of money, and to squash our rights.]
Not really. Wars diminish the amounts that can be spent on gibsmedat, and make them unpopular. Truman and LBJ both missed the opportunity for second terms because of unpopular wars.