Is your phrase "stops bombing countries just because it can" shorthand for something like "America is a too-often-immoral-or-incompetent global superpower"?
A quick peek at post-WWII military history - 150-ish countries that the US could bomb, multiply by 80 years, subtract actual bombings - suggests that "because it can" is a very weak description of Uncle Sam's bombing behavior.
Yes, the US is, first and foremost, built of warmongers. The military is a multi-trillion dollar industry, it’s always been about economics.
However, trump did basically say “I’m not a warmonger”. Nobody should have believed him, but he did make it very explicit, very cut and dry. But nothing is cut and dry with him.
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How many hours do you think our current President could stick to that strategy, if it didn't instantly - Poof! Magic! - make everything better?
Its not a Trump issue. With the exception of Jimmy Carter, every US president since WW2 bombed something or someone.
Is your phrase "stops bombing countries just because it can" shorthand for something like "America is a too-often-immoral-or-incompetent global superpower"?
A quick peek at post-WWII military history - 150-ish countries that the US could bomb, multiply by 80 years, subtract actual bombings - suggests that "because it can" is a very weak description of Uncle Sam's bombing behavior.
And America was no saint during Carter's years - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Carter_a...
Yes, the US is, first and foremost, built of warmongers. The military is a multi-trillion dollar industry, it’s always been about economics.
However, trump did basically say “I’m not a warmonger”. Nobody should have believed him, but he did make it very explicit, very cut and dry. But nothing is cut and dry with him.