Earlier this year, in an unexpected divergence from the rhetoric of long-term foreign policy of the presidents of the two parties, Donald Trump delivered a speech to Riyadh criticizing the interventionists, the neoconservatives and the habit of America to bomb the countries of the Middle East. “In the end, the so-called` `nation manufacturers destroyed many more nations than they have built,” he said, “and interventionists intervene in complex societies that they did not even understand each other. “”
Many have been intrigued by Trump recognition of American past failures in the region and the historical contempt of the agency of these nations. But five weeks later, he authorized the American air strikes on three nuclear installations in Iran, and a day later, approved the “change of diet” to “make Iran again large”.
The bombings may have surprised a lot, but it was hardly unprecedented. He followed a model that each American president this century, at some point, contributed to: the launch of the military action unattended, or on the basis of false, manipulated or selective – and without real consequences to do so. From Iraq to Libya, Syria in Yemen and now Iran, the cycle continues. Trump may be the most shameless president to casually enter military hostilities, but he is clearly not the first. And unless we face the root problem – resistance and lack of responsibility for the presidents who do it – it will not be the last.
Tongs like this are not surprising; We have become numb to presidents contradict their own promises. Trump ran on “America First”, promising to end endless wars – so increased them. Before him, President Biden undertook to center human rights and put an end to wars, while Armant Israel despite well -documented atrocities in violation of American and international law, while his administration has exploited gaps to bypass the surveillance of the Congress. The deeper danger does not reside in hypocrisy but complicity: accepting the manufactured stories that justify committing reckless war acts.
