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The columnist who writes “Common Sense” for this paper wrote these words a few weeks back: “You may hate Trump, but he started no wars. Not a single one in his four years. Literally you can count on one hand the number of other presidents who’ve accomplished that and none of them are alive anymore.”

Hopefully, this columnist has at least 20 fingers on one hand so that what he wrote can be true for him. But, if not, here’s a brief American history review.

President Jimmy Carter. Still alive. No wars started.

President Bill Clinton. Still alive. No wars started.

President Barack Obama. Still ali...