<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486649589533_4165">Libya was the richest in Africa, and relatively stable until Hillary Clinton decided otherwise. Clinton was Secretary of State during Obama’s first term in office.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486649589533_4166">In 2011, she craved for war. A ‘New York Times’ report citing 50 top US officials, left no doubt that Clinton was the ‘catalyst’ in the decision to go to war.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486649589533_4167">Former Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, furious about her support for a ‘broader mission’ in Libya, told Obama and Clinton that his army was already engaged in enough wars.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486649589533_4168">“Can I finish the two wars I’m already in before you guys go looking for a third one?” Gates had reportedly said.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486649589533_4169">Now, we are being led to believe that the war enthusiasts of the past are peacemakers, because Trump’s antics are simply too much to bear.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486649589533_4170">The hypocrisy of it all should be obvious, but some insist on ignoring it.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486649589533_4171">Party tribalism and gender politics aside, Trump is a mere extension and a natural progression of previous US administrations’ agendas that launched avoidable, unjust wars, embedded fear, fanned the flames of Islamophobia, hate for immigrants, etc.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486649589533_4172" dir="ltr">There is hardly a single bad deed that Trump has carried – or intends to carry out – that does not have roots in another policy championed by previous administrations.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486649589533_4293" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486649589533_4265" dir="ltr"><a class="enhancr2_ac94145c-2eee-e2b6-e12b-c5ab0ecaee48" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486649589533_4264" href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/02/09/the-uncomfortable-truth-are-we-hating-donald-trump-for-the-wrong-reasons/">The Uncomfortable Truth: Are We Hating Donald Trump for the Wrong Reasons?</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486649589533_4277"><br></div><div class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" id="enhancr2_ac94145c-2eee-e2b6-e12b-c5ab0ecaee48" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" contenteditable="false" data-size="medium" data-type="yenhancr" data-category="article" data-embed-url="" data-url="http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/02/09/the-uncomfortable-truth-are-we-hating-donald-trump-for-the-wrong-reasons/"> <a class="yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486649589533_4311" style="text-decoration:none !important; 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