Trump’s reasoning is bad, but withdrawing troops from Germany is a good idea
Trump’s petty, ego-driven policy decisions sometimes land in the right place.
Bonnie Kristian is a fellow at Defense Priorities, contributing editor at The Week, and columnist at Christianity Today. Her writing has also appeared at CNN, Politico, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, Defense One, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.
Trump’s petty, ego-driven policy decisions sometimes land in the right place.
It’s a fairly simple equation: If there were no U.S. troops in Afghanistan, there would be no Russian bounties on them.
Perhaps the most damaging effect of police militarization is that it pushes police officers engaging with the public to behave as they look, to act like soldiers dealing with enemy combatants.