[nickik]

> The left usually hates war.

At least politically that is not true. There is a anti-war left, but politically its long gone.

However you overall point that 'we can't leave otherwise genocide' or 'if we don't act genocide' has been part of the narrative for every war.

Remember Bengazi? Apparently Gadaffi was gone go in an slaughter 50000 people. That was of course total nonsense but it convinced the government to act.

[pnongrata]

Are you equating "left" to "Dems"? Because the left that I know is all against war and interventionism.

Maybe there is something to be said about how people think Liberal means leftie.

[nickik]

That's why I said politically its not true. The political left is for the most part not against war. If you want to call all those people not of the 'true' left then whatever.

The reality is both right and the left have a strong anti-war movment and neither has political power.