Damus
myrmepropagandist · 10w
Public support for interventionist wars has always been weak. The cover story for these actions was always something about "spreading democracy" and "keeping America safe" this never really rang true....
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I want America to be a country that everyone wants to work with. A country with advanced technology and the people who make it. A country with amazing public infrastructure that makes visitors stop and take photos. A country with a reputation for taking on ambitious projects and succeeding at getting them done. A country who leads in opinions on international conflicts because of an excellent track record of being right.

That's not going so well and hardly ever was.
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myrmepropagandist · 10w
I hang on to the fact the the American public doesn't believe in "dulce et decōrum est prō patriā morī" enough to tolerate a draft, or the endless deaths from a professional army you'd have in a ground war. This must be very disappointing for our president, but he did say that those who died i...