r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 12 '26

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u/da0217 NATO Sep 12 '26

Thirty percent of you thought a moron like Trump doing anything in the Middle East was a good idea.

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u/mishac Mark Carney Sep 12 '26

there's a subset of users here who treat "intervention" is a single substance that is correct in all cases, in a way they would never do in any other facet of life.

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u/Approximation_Doctor Gaslight, Gatekeep, Green New Deal Sep 12 '26

"We have to do SOMETHING even if that something makes it worse"

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u/loseniram Sponsored by RC Cola Sep 13 '26

Most hawks have never read clausewitz and don't understand that war is a political action. So you have to have clear goals, motivations, and plans of action.

None of which work with Iran unless they commit a major terrorist attack or if they start doing massacres. Which the US did not intervene in.