In which case Paul is doomed. The war hustlers are everywhere. We need another Eisenhower.
“We need another Eisenhower. “
Isn’t that the truth. The old General knew how to use our strength while keeping us out of war. IIRC he ended the Korean War by simply making it known that he was willing to use nuclear weapons if the Chinese didn’t reign in North Korea.
Ike was a President who believed that sending American troops to fight a land war in Asia was a serious mistake. Advice that John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson should have heeded. But they didn’t, and as usual it was little people, average Americans, who ended up paying the price in blood for that one.
The neocon gang is the polar opposite of Dwight Eisenhower. Almost none of them have any military experience, and certainly not in combat arms. What I do notice is that some of them imagine themselves to be heirs of Winston Churchill, and they are dreaming of the chance to send the American army to win themselves glory.