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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

bush didn't get any backlash for afghanistan and iraq; nor did obama for libya and ukraine.

[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

They didn’t make not starting any new wars a major part of their campaign promise though.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

bush was voted in for a second term after starting those forever wars; americans don't care about foreign policy.

[–] limer@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

America has not been a democracy that counts votes accurately in federal elections.

It’s unknown who would have won, had that been the case, certainly not the two people running.