The ‘Jolene doctrine’: retired US army general likens Trump foreign policy to Dolly Parton song
by Ramon Antonio Vargas in New Orleans from World news | The Guardian on (#7481J)
Stanley McChrystal said White House has a we should do because we can' approach to international relations
The retired US army general who once led Nato forces in Afghanistan says the bellicose foreign policy Donald Trump has pursued during his second presidency can be summed up as we should do because we can" - invoking the lyrics of the Dolly Parton classic Jolene to emphasize the point.
Stanley McChrystal delivered those remarks on Friday at Tulane University's New Orleans book festival during a fireside chat hosted by the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, who asked in part about US military strikes Trump has ordered in Nigeria, Venezuela and Iran since Christmas.
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