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This article originally appeared at FAIR.org. Used by permission. Aversion to military intervention has been the default position of the left for at least half a century certainly since the huge protests against the Vietnam War. Washington planners lamented the development of the so-called Vietnam Syndrome a widespread progressive hostility towards U.S. interventions (invasions, bombings, coups or economic warfare) around the world. A 2018 survey found the public still infected, with over two-thirds in support of limiting military action overseas, including 78% of Democratic voters. President Joe Biden s record of support for foreign intervention spurns that progressive tradition. As chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Biden played a key role in selling the Iraq invasion to both Democratic colleagues and a skeptical public. He was also vice president in an administration that was bombing seven countries simultaneously by its end in 2016, and was a strong vo

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