To put things in perspective: From the start of his term to the end, Barack Obama reduced troop levels in Afghanistan by ~25K and Iraq by ~140K. Donald Trump has so far reduced those troop levels by zero, with hopes of reducing troop levels in Afghanistan by ~4K and Iraq by ~2K.
Conservatives and libertarians, like me, who repeatedly criticized Obama for not ending those wars are now supposed to praise Trump for simply promising to do a fraction of what Obama did? Why? Because Trump talks like a guy who wants to end wars? Stop talking; actually end them.
And let’s not forget the drone wars. That’s where Trump is unambiguously the worst, launching strikes at a far higher rate than Obama. The lack of transparency from this administration combined with the media’s failure to report on the wars has helped hide this horrific reality.
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