Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff
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“The Enemy Wins When the Children Die”: War, Trump, and Moral Collapse
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March 18, 2026
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0:57Now PlayingPaul Rieckhoff opens with a searing poem by Lucas Jones—“The enemy wins when the children die”—to frame a stark warning about how endless war is corroding our politics, our economy, and our basic humanity. He reflects on how cheering for death and destruction means we have become the very enemy we claim to fight, and argues that right now, by that measure, the enemy is winning. Rieckhoff lays direct blame on Donald Trump’s policies, rhetoric, and loyalists for creating more enemies every day in the Middle East and beyond, fueling growing hatred of America and making the world more dangerous for all of us. #war
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