It's such a strange coincidence

A very convenient one.

Comment chains like this are why I spend less and less time on Reddit. HN comments are usually more substantial and insightful.

Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Use downvote button instead.

Sorry about that. I don’t have enough karma to downvote.

It was a humorous exchange. Allow me to suggest it bothered you because you disagree with the views it expresses.

I think you kinda have to expect this kind of thing on any online comment forum. Between September and December of an election year, any discussion which could turn to blind partisanship will, and you've gotta either let it scroll by or deliberately dodge any discussions plausibly related to partisan politics.

This presidential term has been one of the most peaceful in my lifetime. No new wars, a president that seemed to try and negotiate or use economic war rather than hot war. Bush-era Republicans would have invaded Iran to take out one man and Trump just had him missiled.

If he is a 1-term president Trump will enter the history books as presiding over an increasingly peaceful American foreign policy as the 21st century progressed. I don't think that is on him as much as geopolitics; but if the world at large sees him as the chaotic candidate that mistake is on them. Bush's administration was a disaster of world-shattering proportions and the world should be quite happy not to see its like again for 100 years.

The yemenis would like a word, as would the syrians. Also John Bolton as national security advisor is not exactly a peaceful stance - to me the biggest long-term effect of the Trump presidency is we will never be trusted by a group like the Kurds in a conflict again. The US absolutely screwed them over.

Certainly agree about the neocon warmongering. I am incredibly glad that is over for the moment. There is a huge national security establishment that encourages use of force, and I'm glad that finally there's some right wing pushback for once.

I wish Obama had been a lot more pushy to finding ways to end the US involvement in the mideast.

Trump sacked Bolton. One of his more commendable actions. Long overdue.

He hired him too???