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Ah yes, the famous liberal, George Bush.
You do know that the wars spanned multiple administrations including democratic ones right? Also all American politicians of "both" parties are liberals.
Bill Clinton launched "Operation Desert Fox" to prepare and position the US imperial army ahead of "Operation Iraqi Freedom"
That is all accurate and I don't disagree with you. But the picture was of an invasion under Bush, not Clinton, so I responded as such.
The problem that I take is l:
I'm wondering what your definition of Liberal is. Up until like 2020, it was Liberal v Conservative and when I look it up in the dictionary I get "Relating to or denoting a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise."
But Liberal on Lemmy appears to be anything to the right of a theoretical Star Trek post scarcity utopia.
The internationally recognized measure of left-right. Not the uniquely American one that's skewed all to fuck.
There is no left at all in American politics. The closest we've gotten is Bernie Sanders. He's a moderate everywhere but here.