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The problem, I think, is when a populist Jacksonian president inherits the keys to the Wilsonian foreign policy establishment and their invariably hawkish menu of policy directions . Only the marketing language and strategy changes.

“Oh Mr. President. You can’t kill Soleimani with these drone systems we already have in place and targeting positions we’ve already keyed in. The international community and bureaucrats at the UN would strongly protest you taking such bold decisive action on behalf of America.”

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Imperialist. The word that you are looking is "imperialist"Imperialist.

The only question is how they rationalize it.

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