How Trump Finally Buried the Iraq Syndrome

How Trump Finally Buried the Iraq Syndrome
U.S. soldier is seen near Nasiriyah, Iraq, on Dec. 18, 2011. Lucas Jackson/Getty Images
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Something crucial happened with President Donald Trump’s recent actions in Venezuela. In fact, taken together with his earlier moves abroad, they mark the substantive death of what might be called the “Iraq syndrome”—a paralyzing mindset that has distorted American foreign policy for more than two decades.

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Ben Shapiro is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers “How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps,” “The Right Side of History,” and “Bullies.”
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