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Humanitarian imperialism: How the media exploits liberals' empathy to sell them war


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 ....

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