new president must deal old war president donald trump must decide whether send thousands additional american troop overseas longest-running us combat theatre planet afghanistan.back march 2016 21wire shawn helton pen insightful piece entitle hawkish dive enigma donald trump volatile race white house article helton describe gop presidential frontrunner donald trump put forward populist alomist paulist image among bevy warhawk neocon rivals.back helton describe media political pressure place trump recently trump press matter concern middle east response surprisingly diplomatic non-interventionist platform trump open condemnation bush administration iraq war obama white house destruction libya resonate across board voters side political spectrum trump assert 2003 invasion iraq blitzkrieg libya via nato members 2011 evidence fail us foreign policy throughout world.doubling gop frontrunner trump also refuse pick side israel palestine true form business pedigree state would rather attempt broke peace deal age old conflict rather tow party line onlookers wonder stance would play trump ever make office back immpossible know months office something work saw fast trump react allege chemical weapons attack khan sheikhoun idlib syria april 2017. errant knee-jerk cruise missile strike days late might go history one big fumble us history even possible measure .is trump continue obama prove path juggle multiple conflict engage illegal proxy war vanity fair explain possible fait accompli campaign trail donald trump pitch americans immiscible foreign-policy agenda combine elements staunch isolationism rejection bush-era interventionism promise bomb shit isis four months president trump characteristically do something 180-degree turn turn much military policy decision-making embarrass general previously claim know authorize missile strike boot grind syria country repeatedly warn get involve increase troop level iraq double tactic call horrible mistake trump administration consider send troop war afghanistan previously call complete waste tuesday president give defense secretary jam mattis authority determine number troop afghanistan new york time report rejection management level adopt obama administration.then issue rogue dinosaur john mccain refuse retire seem happy ever take various sundry nation-states order quench desire chaos conflict dynamic leave lawmakers frustrate meet last week mattis concede senate arm service committee u.s. win afghanistan right john mccain deride delay broad strategy six months administration still get strategy afghanistan arizona senator say make hard us support strategy know strategy last eight years lose work mattis respond put together action take make certain pay price delay say recognize need urgency criticism fair sir may early tell get white house decouple pentagon group-think may prove hard task president desperate poll rat win win.time tell read syria news 21st century wire syria filessupport work subscribe become member 21wire.tv hawk trump expand war