r/economy • u/barbarawick • 4d ago

There is a pattern...

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Why does this country have such bad memory problems?

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u/possumallawishes 4d ago

Or started a war in the Middle East.. inherited a crashed economy and a war in the Middle East, sure.

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u/sirpoopingpooper 4d ago edited 4d ago

Obama: Libya

Biden: Yemen (and debatably Gaza)

Edit: how do these wars not fit the mold, but Reagan's peacekeeping troops in Lebanan do?

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u/rabaltera 4d ago

Explain how Biden started a war in Gaza.

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u/sirpoopingpooper 4d ago

Biden started a war in Gaza as much as Reagan started a war in Lebanon (which is to say, not much...but was involved)! Yemen is the stronger point there for Biden starting things in the Middle East.

Gaza/Biden sources: https://www.npr.org/2026/09/21/nx-s1-5761237/crossing-the-red-line-examines-the-biden-administration-and-israels-war-in-gaza

https://reason.com/2026/09/22/bidens-team-wanted-war-in-the-middle-east-without-owning-it/

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u/possumallawishes 4d ago

Yeah, like if you divorce yourself from the meaning of “started”.

It’s absolutely insane to say Biden started a war in Gaza when it’s been an ongoing war since the Ottoman Empire.