War-2

 

"I hate War"

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Barack Obama may have agonized over every targeted killing and major military decision, but he also ramped up the drone war, sent additional troops to Afghanistan to no good purpose, helped turn Libya into a failed state, and tacitly backed the Saudi-led war in Yemen. 

And when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (!), his acceptance speech focused as much on defending America’s role in the world—including its widespread use of military force—as it did on extolling the virtues of peace and the measures that must be taken to advance it.

Ironically, though Donald Trump loves military parades, flybys, and the other visible trappings of military power, he seems rather leery of war. 

Trump as president, he cared about economics, and the lives of poor people. America First. He does seem to recognize that starting some new war could hurt him politically, even as his more hawkish advisors keep pushing him in that direction. 

During his presidency, no war started, and no encouragement for war. He softens the North Koreans, and have Peace with the Arabic World and Israel. He believed in the virtues of peace as candidly as Roosevelt did in 1933.

Just a thought.