On "Sunday Agenda, Professor Robert Pape and Joe Pinion debated the "escalation trap" related to the war in Iran and how it affects the Chinese Communist Party's oil revenue.
Domestic pressures result in foreign adventures. The post Why Do U.S. Presidents Keep Risking Foreign Quagmires? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Why Do U.S. Presidents Keep Risking Foreign Quagmires? Domestic pressures result in foreign adventures. During the past three-quarters of a century, beginning in 1950 and continuing right through to the current war with Iran, U.S. presidents repeatedly have risked involvement in conflicts that resulted in military quagmires with disappointing endings. Why do presidents keep repeating the same mistakes in the name of “national security”? By 1950, the U.S. government had taken then-poor South Korea out of the U.S. defense perimeter. The United States had withdrawn its forces after the Second World War, because the…Open
Aired 3/29/26 WEICHERT: I believe in the next couple of weeks you’re going to see more combat troops. We’re in an escalation trap, there’s no off ramp. It’ll be a disaster. Cycling in 82nd Airborne and Marines into Iran sounds insane. Not workable. It will get people killed.
