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In reply to the discussion: Rec if you believe that republicans are cowards [View all]DFW
(59,791 posts)Look at the military actions they instigate. Republicans attack "enemies" they think won't or can't shoot back.
Reagan attacked the Caribbean island of Grenada, which, aside from a few beaches and a few coconuts is known for nothing else because there IS nothing else there.
Bush Sr. attacked Panama, another of those powerful enemies that posed a real threat to the wheat fields of Nebraska.
Bush, Jr. invaded Iraq (OK, THAT one was a miscalculation. Rummy THOUGHT they wouldn't shoot back. "Maybe six days, maybe six weeks. Certainly not six months." Oops).
It was only a matter of time before Trump declared war on San Marino and Andorra. "AMERICA FARCE!"
On the other hand, Obama decided NOT to invade Syria. Seeing as how that country is split up into a bunch of factions, all heavily armed, and all hating us, invading it would only get a few thousand of our people killed and improve exactly nothing. Sometimes, the gutsy thing to do is to NOT send in our forces.