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US and aligned nations have spent the years since the USSR was no longer able to "help" destroying Arab countries that do not fall into line. Two invasions of I
by rangibaby 9y ago
US and aligned nations have spent the years since the USSR was no longer able to "help" destroying Arab countries that do not fall into line. Two invasions of Iraq, the bombing of Libya, one civil war in Syria.
Russia had bigger problems for 20 or so years, but the brutal killing of Kadafi and the overthrow of the Ukraine government (imagine the reaction in the US if Russian-supported protestors overthrowing an elected government in Canada) spurred Putin into action.