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The Myth of Donald Trump's Push for Peace

Trump’s supposed pacifism does almost nothing to reduce the American empire’s ability to kill.

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Jack Crosbie
Nov 20, 2020
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Hindsight, at least in the context of American politics, is a fickle thing. It is basically widely accepted now that the Iraq War was a terrible idea. Donald Trump, in 2016, harnessed 15 years of American pain and claimed that he would end it, castigating George W. Bush in particular, saying the 2003 invasion of Iraq "may have been th…

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