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>The left usually hates war.

Do you mean the politicians or the public? If you mean politicians, I haven't seen much evidence that Democrat (center/leftish) politicians hate war in the last few decades. Wilson was president during WWI, FDR during WWII, LBJ during Vietnam, Bill Clinton had Bosnia and Hillary Clinton voted for Iraq. Obama presided over quite a few conflicts. Maybe Jimmy Carter?

>the current left is mainly dominated by the maternal instinct

What are you basing this on?

>Simple. Invent a weak, childlike ally in the middle of the war zone, who are being attacked by a notorious hateful predator, and we would be abandoning them if we dont put our troops in harms way.

Typically war has been based on pushing a fear of "ism." Anarchism in the early 1900s, Communism middle 1900s, Terrorism in the 2000s.

parent Clubber 7 years ago

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