With Republicans in charge, probably not.
George W. Bush
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Iraq, Iran, Irate
Saddam Hussein and Iran’s ayatollahs were horrendous leaders who inflicted horrors on their subjects, but neither posed a threat to the United States, despite claims that both were developing nuclear weapons.
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The Fossil Fuel Empire Strikes Back
Not all our foreign adventures have been crudely about material gain. But this one sure is.
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Bush Walked So Trump Could Run Into Venezuela
George W. Bush’s foreign policy wasn’t an aberration, but it was the moment where America began to drunkenly bumble its way through unipolarity.
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The End of the Pre-Trump 21st Century
This week brought down the curtain on the initial, pre-Trump years of the 21st century, with the death of Dick Cheney and, today, Nancy Pelosi’s announcement that this would be her final term in Congress.