• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    Trump is the only American president in recent history that broke away from the policy of war and invasion.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Qasem_Soleimani

    Part of at least five reported assassination attempts under the Trump Presidency.

    Trump also ratcheted tensions on the Ukraine/Russia border by opening the floodgates for US weapons into Ukraine, which were used in the exchange of fire that prompted the Russian invasion.

    And he’s been more than happy to sell weapons to despotic regimes in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which ratcheted tensions on Yemen.

    And, of course, he has been a full-throated supporter of Israeli genocide in Gaza and the West Bank, including the massacre of peaceful protesters during the 2018-2019 Palestine marches

    To claim Trump is “anti-war” is entirely untrue. He’s “anti-losing” and prefers to be in conflicts where he can crush opposition with impunity. He couldn’t do that in Afghanistan (not for lack of trying, he launched a vicious bombing campaign during his first year in office) and recognized it was undermining efforts elsewhere in the world. But he was more than happy to assassinate, bomb, and brutalize foreign countries at every opportunity during the full length of his term.

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      Sure, Russia was basically forced to start a full scale invasion of Ukraine because of some skirmish that used American weapons. It’s definitely not just Russian imperialism, and the little green men that started the invasion in 2014 also weren’t members of the Russian military. Have you lost your mind?

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        Russia was basically forced to start a full scale invasion of Ukraine

        I’m sorry, what’s up?

        It’s definitely not just Russian imperialism, and the little green men that started the invasion in 2014 also weren’t members of the Russian military.

        Little green men? Dude, what are you smoking?

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          You just blamed the invasion of Ukraine on Trump ‘opening the floodgates for US weapons’ which is bullshit. The invasion was started in 2014 by Little green men which were masked Russian soldiers.

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            You just blamed the invasion of Ukraine on Trump

            No. I contested the claim that Trump was “anti-war” by noting his staunch support for international arms sales.

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              Trump also ratcheted tensions on the Ukraine/Russia border by opening the floodgates for US weapons into Ukraine, which were used in the exchange of fire that prompted the Russian invasion

              Hell yes you did.