Trump Suggests 'Strikes on Land Too,' Media Forgets US Has Done Exactly That For Decades
Donald Trump casually told a crowd he’d green-light 'strikes on land too' against suspected drug operations, transitioning from maritime interdictions (The Independent). The outlet dutifully reports this as a jarring revelation. Missing from their analysis, however, is the inconvenient historical reality that the U.S. has operated covertly, and overtly, on foreign soil for decades under various
pretexts, from 'anti-terrorism' to 'interdicting trafficking.' One might almost think the threat of unilateral intervention from Washington, often without explicit congressional approval, is breaking news. This isn't a new policy doctrine; it's practically a founding principle of American exceptionalism, repackaged. The outrage isn't over the idea of strikes, it's over Trump saying the quiet part
out loud. After decades of drone strikes, special ops raids, and 'training missions' in places like Yemen and Somalia, the media acts surprised when a former president suggests expanding the existing, vaguely defined global war on… well, whatever Washington decides is the next convenient threat.