US Presidents: Masters of Perpetual Warfare, Regardless of Party
The story focuses on the raw numbers, creating a bipartisan equivalency in the fine tradition of 'both sides are bad.' What it conveniently sidesteps is the consistent, bipartisan commitment to an interventionist foreign policy driven by the military-industrial complex. Whether it's Trump ramping up operations against ISIS (which he claimed to defeat) or Biden extending the 'forever wars' through
drone strikes and covert ops, the US war machine grinds on. It's a system where 'less' bombing often means more precise, but equally deadly, assassinations, or simply a shift in focus. Newsweek's headline could suggest one president is 'better' or 'worse' at warmongering, but the true tragedy is how seamlessly the baton of global intervention passes from one administration to the next. The focus
always remains on comparing the numbers, never questioning the inherent premise of perpetual military engagement.