{"id":56875,"date":"2026-01-02T07:12:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=56875"},"modified":"2026-01-02T07:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:12:27","slug":"only-the-bad-man-how-many-countries-will-america-bomb-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/02\/only-the-bad-man-how-many-countries-will-america-bomb-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Only the Bad Man: How Many Countries Will America Bomb in 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Reprinted from <a href=\"https:\/\/bracingviews.substack.com\/\">Bracing Views<\/a> with the author\u2019s permission.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>One of my all-time favorite movies is \u201cWitness\u201d (1985) with Harrison Ford. It\u2019s set within the Amish community in Pennsylvania. One quiet scene has stayed with me. A small boy, Samuel, talks to his grandfather about guns and whether the taking of human life is ever justifiable. (For context, the young boy witnessed a brutal murder earlier in the film.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AcEe0LbP2wY?si=tR4ARU14Ck4jSBhN\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Samuel says he\u2019d kill only a bad man. His grandfather\u2019s response is moving. How would you know? And is killing the only way? What is the price of killing?<\/p>\n<p>I had that scene in mind today as I read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/israel-bans-aid-groups-for-the-same\" rel=\"\">Caitlin Johnstone<\/a> about how President Trump has bombed seven countries in 2025. I assume only \u201cbad men\u201d were killed?<\/p>\n<p><em>Antiwar\u2019s Dave DeCamp has a new article out titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/9c9404b0-27e6-46ae-9468-0baf93e4b01c?j=eyJ1IjoiMXBkZXAifQ.nWy2zKTNDCQ1wFuHL3JXMpTzEKfyzgL_up5pLmagzIo\" rel=\"\">US Bombed Seven Countries in 2025 as Trump Dramatically Expanded Airstrikes<\/a>\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Is there anything more embarrassing or self-debasing than continuing to be a Trump supporter in 2026? It\u2019s just degrading and cucky at this point. Trotting alongside Netanyahu and <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/daa3152d-0c55-4236-a523-0604ab4149e1?j=eyJ1IjoiMXBkZXAifQ.nWy2zKTNDCQ1wFuHL3JXMpTzEKfyzgL_up5pLmagzIo\" rel=\"\">promising to help him bomb Iran<\/a> while lying and claiming Israel has been <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/8df10820-75ca-42b1-9784-4030fd21782a?j=eyJ1IjoiMXBkZXAifQ.nWy2zKTNDCQ1wFuHL3JXMpTzEKfyzgL_up5pLmagzIo\" rel=\"\">\u201c100 percent\u201d abiding by the ceasefire<\/a> in Gaza. Bombing Venezuela, Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and all those boats off Latin America in a single year after campaigning as the \u201canti-war\u201d candidate. <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/48e59035-cad7-4eab-9686-bf9242df5736?j=eyJ1IjoiMXBkZXAifQ.nWy2zKTNDCQ1wFuHL3JXMpTzEKfyzgL_up5pLmagzIo\" rel=\"\">Stomping out free speech<\/a> that\u2019s critical of Israel and shoveling money into the Israeli war machine after campaigning on a free speech and America First platform while <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/e7624074-23eb-49ed-9b21-c622b52cbc8f?j=eyJ1IjoiMXBkZXAifQ.nWy2zKTNDCQ1wFuHL3JXMpTzEKfyzgL_up5pLmagzIo\" rel=\"\">repeatedly publicly admitting<\/a> to being bought and owned by Miriam Adelson. Releasing Epstein files <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/f29fd11a-b70d-4136-b731-c8295235d013?j=eyJ1IjoiMXBkZXAifQ.nWy2zKTNDCQ1wFuHL3JXMpTzEKfyzgL_up5pLmagzIo\" rel=\"\">so full of redactions<\/a> the pages look like black slate tiles.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year, everyone. Here\u2019s hoping for a lot less killing \u2013 and a lot more peace \u2013 in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author\u2019s permission. One of my all-time favorite movies is \u201cWitness\u201d (1985) with Harrison Ford. It\u2019s set within the Amish community in Pennsylvania. One quiet scene has stayed with me. A small boy, Samuel, talks to his grandfather about guns and whether the taking of human life is ever justifiable. 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