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JHan

(10,173 posts)
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 12:46 PM Oct 2018

Remember when military policy was discussed almost daily?

We are getting reports about the situation in Yemen but coverage of Foreign Policy is mostly about Trump antagonizing our allies.

Trump has increased drone use by 450%. So far he is "outperforming" Obama in civilian casualities due to foreign intervention.
Source:

https://www.cfr.org/blog/not-so-peaceful-transition-power-trumps-drone-strikes-outpace-obama

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/middle-east-civilian-deaths-have-soared-under-trump-and-the-media-mostly-shrug/2018/03/16/fc344968-2932-11e8-874b-d517e912f125_story.html?utm_term=.42a57ac83c30

Funny how that works.

I get that Domestic affairs are a mess, and deserving of attention, but there's also a lot of chasing of shiny objects ( Stormy Daniels comes to mind) while Mattis has free reign at the defense department, unchallenged and unchecked. I fear we won't know the true scale of damage until Trump and his Enablers and Cronies have left office.




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Remember when military policy was discussed almost daily? (Original Post) JHan Oct 2018 OP
Yes, but that was pre-Jackwagon. Sneederbunk Oct 2018 #1
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