Opposing Regime‑Change Wars Under Trump

Updated: 2026.03.16 1H ago 1 sources
This is a specific rationale for opposing foreign interventions that combines two claims: distrust of the incumbent president’s motives and methods (here, Trump’s second administration) plus skepticism about Washington’s bipartisan think‑tank assumptions that regime change yields stable, pro‑Western outcomes. It argues that even hawkish readers should judge interventions differently when they are pursued by actors with incentives to fight performative, high‑risk wars. — If adopted, it reframes how partisans evaluate military options—making the identity and incentives of the intervening government a central criterion for support or opposition.

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Why I Oppose the Iran War
Damon Linker 2026.03.16 100% relevant
Damon Linker’s explicit refusal to back the U.S./Israeli assault on Iran because of Trump’s style of warmaking and the DC foreign‑policy establishment’s assumptions.
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