re: #217 NukeAtomrod

Except ending slavery

That was a pretty liberal thing to do by the standards of the early- to mid-1800s.

defeating communism in the U.S.S.R.,
Partially through supporting vicious dictators and the monsters that bit the hand that fed them. At least we’re taking responsibility to kill those monsters off.

rebuilding the economy

I don’t consider the current state of the economy to be rebuilt.

preventing multiple terrorist attacks after 9/11.

At the general cost of the relations with almost everyone else in the world. Madrid etc. essentially told them that they’re meatshields against the terrorists.