The perception is that Republican Presidents rush into wars and Democrat Presidents avoid wars. History show that this is NOT correct WW1 - Wilson - Democrat WW2 Roosevelt - Democrat Korean War - Truman - Democrat Viet Nam - Kennedy - Democrat Viet Nam - Johnson - Democrat Viet Nam (ended) Nixon - Rebublican Persian Gulf 1 - Bush - Republican Persian Gulf 2 - Clinton - Democrat Kosavo - Clinton - Democrat Serbia/Bosnia - Clinton - Democrat Afganistan - Bush - Republican Irag - Bush - Republican Afganistan (Surge) - Obama - Democrat Irag (withdraw) - Obama - Democrat In 8 years Bush had 82 drone strikes in foreign countries, In 3 1/2 years Obama had 281 drone strikes in foreign countries. So, in conclusion, you statement is baseless.