Indeed, just after Trump’s inauguration, his national security council goaded him into launching a raid on an alleged al-Queda camp in Yemen. The dialogue went something like “Obama wouldn’t let us do this but you’re not a coward like Obama, are you, sir?” Then, with tears in their eyes, his generals made “bock bock bock” noises until he approved the raid. It was a disaster, and Trump was forced to deal with a dead Navy SEAL.
Now, to Trump’s credit as a cowardly hippie peacenik, he immediately shook up his military advisors, either as a response or a pre-response to the failed raid. I’m still shaky as to the timing of this:
After that, he was really big on rattling sabers, especially against Iran and North Korea, and our forces were still awkwardly wandering around Afghanistan and Syria, but Trump, the big liberal softie, never really kicked off any major military offensives. I think he is allergic to dead soldiers.
