Duvido, mas....
Trump’s Populist Schism Over Syria, por Walter Russell Mead (Wall Street Journal - quem não tiver uma assinatura, talvez seja melhor abrir em "janela privada):
The conservative opposition to conventional American foreign policy is anything but monolithic. One group of critics continues the Jeffersonian tradition of preserving American liberties at home by minimizing American involvement abroad. Figures like Sen. Rand Paul and his father, former Rep. Ron Paul, speak to this side of the populist coalition. Jeffersonians are skeptical of international institutions and alliances as well as American interventions to protect human rights abroad. They oppose big defense budgets and extensive military deployments and see no reason for an anti-Russia foreign policy. Many believe that Israel seeks to drag the U.S. into Middle East struggles that Washington would do better to avoid. Sen. Paul was quick to announce his support for President Trump’s Syria decision.
The other, Jacksonian wing of conservative populism shares the Jeffersonian suspicion of multilateralism and humanitarian interventions, but is more supportive of the American military and of maintaining America’s reputation for standing by allies. Jacksonians are hawkish about China, Russia and Iran and favor a strong relationship with Israel. This tendency in American politics is represented by figures like Sen. Tom Cotton, a U.S. Army veteran who served in both Afghanistan and Iraq and has criticized Mr. Trump’s Syria decision.
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Este panorama esquece o elefante no meio da sala: o complexo militar-industrial.
Uma grande fracção do Partido Republicano e do Partido Democrata está a atacar e continuará a atacar Trump com todas as forças por causa desta retirada, seja na Síria ou onde for, com qualquer desculpa que possa encontrar, apenas porque isso implica menos lucro para a indústria militar, e uma grande parte das máquinas políticas de ambos os partidos (mas principalmente do Republicano) está completamente vendida a esta indústria.
Mas, para azar do complexo militar-industrial, Trump está ainda mais vendido aos russos.
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