what i see here is something called a conservative. conservatives are, historically, opposed to war because they reject intervening in other societies (they are "non-interventionist") and because they support what was called splendid isolation in the 19th century. wars are also expensive.
the democrats have, historically, been a conservative party that is non-interventionist, isolationist and fiscally conservative.
as a socialist, i'm opposed to all of this. socialists are in favour of intervention and globalism and think currency is a social construct. we criticize the concept of debt and blame things like inflation on other factors. for example, the inflation germany experienced after world war one was intentional currency manipulation. it was not the result of printing money.
when i see statements like this:
“Voters, especially young people and working families, are exhausted by ‘forever wars’,” said Naveed Shah, an Army veteran and a political director at the progressive veterans advocacy groups Common Defense.
my response is not to identify with this sentiment but to laugh at it. being exhausted by "forever wars" is like being frustrated by having to breathe. it's like complaining about being tired for having to walk.
socialists believe that war is a necessary component of society that cannot be transcended, so long as we have class and so long as we have inequality. there is no end to war. war is constant. war is permanent.
war is forever.
conservatives have historically believed that you get rid of war by finding tyrants to rule over you, but socialists argue that just creates more war in the form of revolution.
the reason that there is so much war in the middle east is because there is so much inequality there, there is so much poverty and there is a restriction on access to education in certain demographics. the reason there is less war in europe is that it is a relatively equal society with a high standard of living. this really has nothing to do with "colonialism" and socialists would not argue that it does. the people of the middle east are horribly brainwashed by their extremely repressive religion, which prevents them from forming revolutionary movements to take control of their own destiny with.
that's why targeting iran is such an important task from a socialist perspective.
but conservatives don't agree. they just want to submit to a tyrant to force people to behave. and so long as that attitude persists, conservatives/progressives will never transcend from their cycle of violence, which is caused by what they think the solution is.
meanwhile, socialists will continue to scratch their heads and laugh at the conservatives ("progressives"), as they complain about the essence of existence and long for nirvana on earth. utopianism never got anybody anywhere. maybe they ought to just kill themselves.