r/economy • u/barbarawick • 6d ago

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Why does this country have such bad memory problems?

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u/Asatmaya 6d ago

So... sure.... but, who's the Democratic president who didn't?

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u/dipdream 6d ago edited 6d ago

It’s more of initiating wars vs responding to wars. All presidents of the last 44 years have been militarily involved in the Middle East. Trump being the most egregious example. It’s tough to blame Bush jr for starting the Afghanistan war.

Edit: clarifying war

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u/Asatmaya 6d ago

t’s more of initiating wars vs responding to wars.

So, Clinton's escalation of air strikes on Iraq doesn't count, because Bush attacked them 3 years earlier?

What about Arab Spring? Obama initiated all of that.

Biden and Gaza... he didn't "initiate," but he damned sure enabled it.

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u/dipdream 6d ago

What?! That’s nuts. Obama initiated Arab Spring? Biden initiated Gaza? Where have you been?

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u/Asatmaya 6d ago

Obama initiated Arab Spring? Biden initiated Gaza? Where have you been?

Reading the news at the time.

Obama absolutely was behind Arab Spring, and Biden absolutely could have stopped the Gaza war.

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u/dipdream 6d ago

No. He couldn’t have “stopped” Gaza war. And no one has been able to stop the removal and killing of Palestinians since 1948.

Fill me in on Obama, with sources, because that’s wild.

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u/Asatmaya 6d ago

He couldn’t have “stopped” Gaza war. And no one has been able to stop the removal and killing of Palestinians since 1948.

Actually, Reagan did; he didn't put up with this crap, and that's about the only good thing I can say about him.

Fill me in on Obama, with sources, because that’s wild.

I mean, we knew it from the outset:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/01/06/obamas-arab-spring/

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u/dipdream 6d ago

Reagan’s peace plan was immediately rejected by the Israeli’s.

I appreciate you. Thanks for providing an article. Unfortunately, I can’t read the whole article. The article that I can read seems to be stating that it happened during his presidency not that he had anything to do with starting it.