Trump’s planned reforms on drone policy are problematic, but what he inherited from Obama was already concerning.
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Despite all the hostile posturing, it is unlikely that Trump’s administration will rip up the Iran deal.
American voters have no idea how the candidates would handle the longest war in US history.
Like Iraq, which boosted the very terrorism it was supposed to neutralise, the war in Libya was a strategic catastrophe.
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If future military disasters are to be avoided, the media must also face up to its mistakes.
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