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Ocelot II

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Fri Mar 13, 2026, 10:28 AM
12 hrs ago

"The real lesson of Eisenhower’s regime change addiction is that each intervention tends to produce the very crisis that justifies the next, with consequences that reach forward generations. Eisenhower — methodical, cautious, a five-star general who understood the moral cost of force — never found a way to stop. There is little reason to believe Trump will fare better."

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