Column: First strike on North Korea viable option
There are no good wars, but there are necessary wars.
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There are no good wars, but there are necessary wars.
President Donald Trump struck political gold last week when he ordered missile strikes on a Syrian airbase in response to apparent gas attacks against Syrian civilians. After the attack, the president dusted off the old line that the missiles were launched in America’s defense, to thunderous applause on both sides of the aisle. This very obviously flies in the face of Trump’s previous statements, where he warned Obama against getting involved in Syria. Moreover, his actions have reignited the flame of American interventionism, which does more harm than good.
Politicians are infamous for making use of national tragedy. President George W. Bush had soaring approval ratings after 9/11 because he responded to the crisis by uniting the country and attempting to reassure everyone in a very turbulent and confusing time. In order to avoid soiling his moment as America’s father, he did not cast blame within or engage in partisanship. But in the age of President Donald Trump, one of the most divisive presidents in history, how can we expect our commander-in-chief to respond to his own 9/11?
The Republican Party faced a test of its cohesion in the vote on Trump’s American Health Care Act, and it failed. After years of promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act, known colloquially as Obamacare, the deep divide between Trump and the conservative establishment halted what should have been an easy bill to pass. Now, Fox News’s Jeanine Pirro is calling for Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to step down. Despite my disagreements with Ryan, I do not think he should lose his position over this collective debacle.
Last weekend's descent of snow on Columbia happened to revive an old controversy: The inability of Southern cities to deal with snowfall. Although this incident of precipitation mercifully did not render the entire state immobile for several days, snow that falls on the South generally has major consequences.
It is no secret that the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education was a melodrama. Following a huge Democratic push against Trump’s selection, along with a few Republican senators fighting their own party, VP Mike Pence took the unprecedented action of breaking the confirmation tie with his own vote. DeVos is a billionaire donor to the Republican party and stirred controversy during her confirmation hearings, during which it was alleged that she was unable to serve in the role due to her non-education background. Now that she is concretely in her role, a position that she will most likely hold until Trump is no longer president, what can we as students expect from our new bureaucrat in chief?
Last Wednesday, I went with the Leadership and Service Center on an Impact Weekly trip to the Tucker Center. This facility specializes in the care of disabled veterans, many of whom are elderly. This experience educated me on a topic I thought was already overexposed and talked to death: the care of veterans by the government.
“Drain the Swamp.” It is a familiar catchphrase used by Donald Trump’s election campaign to establish the candidate’s anti-corruption, and therefore anti-establishment, position. Running against a figure like Hillary Clinton, the idea of fixing Washington’s ethical problems likely won him the election. However, Trump’s controversial relationship with Russia undermines this position, which includes allegations of DNC hacks, and other election-tampering behaviors.