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“World War III?” Fewer U.S. Troops Died in Combat Under Biden-Harris Than Trump | Washington Monthly

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Julian Zelizer : Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said last week Trump wants to end the grip of the neocons on U.S. foreign policy.

He says Trump is betting that he can make inroads on the anti-war left by portraying himself a peacemaker.

Zelizer asks: How is it that fewer soldiers have died in combat during Biden-Harris administration than in Trump 's.

Julian Zelizer : Biden-Harris policy has been containment, not escalation in Mideast and Ukraine .

He says it's wrong to blame Biden for Afghanistan withdrawal from Doha , Ukraine and Middle East conflicts.

Zelizer says Obama 's number of military casualties on his watch was well below that of Obama 's.

Obama is the president elected to end it, which he began to do by withdrawing from Iraq in his first term.

Obama sent troops back into Iraq in this second term, not to pursue neocon hegemonic fantasies.

Biden and Harris are not neocons. They ended the last endless war. Their current foreign policy rejects using ground troops to impose America 's political will on unwilling peoples.

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