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US Presidents Not
Good at Ending Wars
Failed Wars: Drugs,
Vietnam, Terror
Latest: Afghanistan
6,000
11 years, 3
Presidents, many Fatalities
Worst: Vietnam
50,000
Return to
Maintaining International Order
or
2024 Election
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Latest:
Afghanistan Withdrawal |
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Approximate
Fatalities |
Activity |
Withdrawal Period |
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Bush 2 |
4,507 |
Maintain Status Quo |
8 years |
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Obama |
1,752 |
Tried
to win,
then began withdrawal |
6 years |
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Trump |
65 |
Minor
Military Activity,
Withdrawal
Left it to successor |
4 years |
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Biden |
13 |
Withdrew |
8 months |
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Casualty
(defense.gov)
Bush 2's reaction to 9/11
soon morphed into a controversial metaphor
"War on Terror."
Unlike Nixon in
Vietnam, or Obama and Trump in
Afghanistan,
Biden cut his loses and left quickly and
completely
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