Poll Finds 56% Say Trump 'Gone Too Far' with Intervention: Wait, Which Intervention?
When 56% of people say Trump 'gone too far' with military intervention, it's worth asking 'which one?' Was it the drone strikes? The arms sales to Saudi Arabia? Or perhaps they meant the 'withdrawal' from Afghanistan that somehow still leaves us there two decades later? The Hill, like much of mainstream media, frames 'intervention' as a choice made by a single president, rather than a deep state
apparatus funded by Congress with bipartisan gusto. While the focus is on a single president, the perpetual war machine chugs along. Consider that in 2023, Congress approved a staggering $886 billion defense budget, not to mention the recent $14 billion in military aid to Israel, passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. (HR 815, 2024). Many of these votes came from politicians who took
significant donations from groups like AIPAC. (OpenSecrets.org data consistently shows millions channeled to MOCs). Americans are tired of endless wars, yet their representatives continue to fund them unconditionally. How many wars does one need before it's 'too far' for Washington?