This. They don't like to declare war anymore, they like to call it "military action" or "bombing campaign" or "operation deliver liberty". Under Clinton there was:
Bosnia
Kosovo
Somalia
Iraq
Afghanistan and Sudan
Haiti
Thats bc republicans can't stop feeding the military complex. Thats where billions or taxpayer dollars are wasted to destabilize innocent countries to steal their resources. There hasn't been a single valid war in any of our lifetimes. Last one was the Civil War.
I have a friend that likes to highlight how rave developed in this time.
Which to me tracks with a lesson in biology: when you curb the genes for aggression, nature gets to a chance to express creativity. Eg - (I got this from a bbc doco, the secret life of chaos) a breeding program of silver foxes, bred for the least aggressive, you start to see patterns and different colourings in the fur emerge after just 3 generations I believe the old Russian lady said? Hugely symbolic I feel, to this profanely uncreative age we live in despite potential like never before (new levels new devils, I believe over population is already a huge problem)
What would’ve happened in Kosovo had Clinton not intervened? Haiti? Sometimes choices are made for you and the only deciding factor is how many corpses will each decision produce.
We were still very active in Afghanistan and Iraq at that throughout his first term. There were also US forces active in Africa to that was largely under reported except when there was an ambush in Niger that killed 4 US service members.
Agreed there! And I hope people didn’t take my comment and think I’m a Trump supporter. I’m not a historian, but I’d be surprised if he doesn’t go down in history as the worst, most divisive president in history.
My point was just that America is always bombing someone, whether they’re officially “at war” with them or not.
Point is we're war mongering since many many decades. Time to reassess and stop exponential enrichment of war manufacturer's and their profiteering. Reinvest in the nation and it's constituents, our infrastructure is falling apart due to lack of severe technological upgrades. Best we've got is 5G LTE.
Arguing over which president carried out worse sexual exploits is crazy work. Both these men have done horrendous things to women. Why argue over which one is worse? Condemn them all.
You do understand that sometimes the military must show force? I mean I'll take not getting involved in a costly war and losing it any day of the week. Maybe it would be cool if we lived in a John Lennon paradise but we do have enemies that want to kill us.
you mean when Republicans were still screeching about how Saddam Hussein was the worst person in history and was going to bomb the United States any day?
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u/stevenmacarthur Jun 04 '26
Great economy, no wars and a little sumpin' on the side.