Al Jazeera Discovers Trump's Wars, Omitting US History of Them
Al Jazeera's piece, 'Stopping wars or waging them?', positions Donald Trump's 'peacemaker legacy' against his military actions. Yet, framing it this way implicitly accepts the premise that any US president truly aims to 'stop wars,' rather than manage or redefine them to serve geopolitical interests. This conveniently sidesteps decades of bipartisan foreign policy where 'peace' often means
projecting power and ensuring favorable outcomes for US allies. One might wonder if any US president, from Nixon's bombing of Cambodia to Obama's drone strikes, ever solely 'stopped' a war without simultaneously orchestrating new interventions or escalating proxy conflicts. The real contrast isn't between presidential rhetoric and action, but between the stated goal of global stability and the
consistent application of military force to achieve it, often at the expense of sovereign nations.