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[–]Rationalmind 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

... Trump has brought unprecedented peace to the Middle East. The message he ran on was to end foreign wars abroad which is what the populist side of the conservative movement wants too. Spending in America and not abroad iirc is what they want.

[–]BEB 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I know it could seem that way to someone not very familiar with the intricacies of the Middle East, but Donald did not bring peace to the Middle East. Trust me on this, the geopolitics of the Middle East were something I used to know a lot about.

Donald pulled us out of the Iran nuclear deal and then assassinated Soleimani, which could have been catastrophic had the Iranians taken the bait.

Donald's Middle East envoy, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is best friends with Bibi Netanyahu, corrupt Israeli Prime Minister and the man whose plan from the 1990s on was to involve the US in endless Middle Eastern wars.

Netanyahu's plan called "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm" written with American neo-Conservatives, has been partially implemented. It's online if you want to read it for yourself.

Donald dropped the Mother of All Bombs on Afghanistan, and asked why the US has nuclear weapons if we don't use them.

If Donald gets re-elected or refuses to leave office, expect a foreign war. Biden might start one too, because he's also an uber-Zionist. So we're probably doomed either way, if that makes you feel better about supporting Donnie.

[–]Rationalmind 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Donald Trump did not drop a nuclear weapon on Afghanistan.

Frankly, not hearing about Israel and the aggression Israel faces has been a nice reprieve. I’m glad that the Israelis are forming allies in the Middle East. If Americans don’t have a need to be in the Middle East because of it, all the better.

[–]BEB 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Just a correction: I didn't say Donald dropped a nuclear weapon - Donald dropped the Mother of All Bombs on Afghanistan; it is the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used by the US.

This is not the sub to debate the Middle East, but suffice it to say that if anyone wants to know more about why the fuck the US is constantly killing innocents in the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa, or helping kill innocents there, or funding the killing of innocents there, a book called "The Israel Lobby & US Foreign Policy" is a great place to start.

Its authors, two giants in their fields, are John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen Walt, at the time of writing the Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

"The Israel Lobby & US Foreign Policy" should be required reading for every American and every citizen of countries America sucks into its military adventures.

And, to my mind, as someone who has been stuck in the middle of one, war is a feminist issue, because beyond the killing, there's the rape and the utter destruction of the lives of the most vulnerable: women & children. As feminists, we can help other women by working for peace.