Popular opposition to the WOT and invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan was never based on a principled concern for human life and well being, but on a collection of fabulist conspiracy theories of varying nuttiness.
As a result, these people think of Trump as the “peace President,” and consider people like GWB, Obama, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger to be irredeemable bloodthirsty ghouls.
Just another example of populist stupidity on the left and right manifesting in tens of thousands of preventable deaths and unimaginable preventable suffering.
The truth is, the pre-Trump political establishment wasn’t just better than what followed, they’re better people than the voters.
Donald Trump significantly ramped up the body count in Iraq, Afghanistan, and throughout the Middle East.
The ratio of civilian to combatant deaths particularly suffered.
Trump significantly increased troop deployments abroad and especially in theater, military spending, and the intensity of the bombing campaign. He loosened the rules of engagement, and eliminated oversight that saved lives.
You defend his record because you are a fabulist and a conspiracy enthusiast. It dictates your policy beliefs to the exclusion of anything else, and you don’t care a whit for the impact of American foreign policy abroad.