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By branding targets “narco-terrorists,” the Trump administration justifies extrajudicial killings, dehumanizing victims and stripping them of legal protection.
Through a European lens, America’s political culture is shaped by its exceptional, violent, and anti-intellectual history.
History shows airpower alone rarely compels surrender; without a ground threat, bombing hardens resolve rather than breaks it.
Trump’s foreign policy revives a historical pattern: the U.S., like Rome, once a liberator, now imposes direct control.
Through a European lens, America’s political culture is shaped by its exceptional, violent, and anti-intellectual history.
The author contends that Trump’s rival peace body overlooks the UN’s proven history of mediating conflicts like Suez and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Forgetting these lessons risks a return to uncontrolled escalation in an era of rising great-power tensions.