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user-inactivated · 3831 days ago · link · · parent · post: Obama: 2014 West Point graduates are the "first class to graduate since 9/11 who may not be sent to combat in Iraq or Afghanistan."
There's still a pretty decent chance. You have to go as far back as Reagan to find a president that didn't bomb Iraq, and Reagan gave Saddam chemical and conventional weapons used internally against Iraqis, so maybe even that doesn't count.
nowaypablo · 3831 days ago · link ·
I know, it was a bold statement for better and worse, but for those graduates I think it was a good thing to hear and it is true for now. It can be argued on its own but I believe the U.S. will be easing into a general interwar period in the coming decade, so hopefully it stays that way.