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Korean War (Harry Truman (D); Dwight Eisenhower (R))

Vietnam War (John Kennedy/Lyndon Johnson (D); Richard Nixon (R))

First Iraqi War (George H. Bush (R))

Second Iraqi War (George W. Bush (R); Barack Obama (D))

Afghanistani War (Geroge W. Bush (R); Barack Obama (D))

SO it looks like Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, presidents on both sides have owned almost every war since WWII. (The exception is the First Iraqi when Bush Sr seems to have been the only one smart enough to get us in and out of a war in less than a single term in office!) So I guess I'm not surprised that Obama is going hawkish.

Meet the new boss, same as all the old bosses?