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Syria is a proxy war, and not a particularly relevant one. Even the wars the US loses tends to leave devastation in their wake. That, and you’re grossly overest
by Erlangolem 9y ago
Syria is a proxy war, and not a particularly relevant one. Even the wars the US loses tends to leave devastation in their wake. That, and you’re grossly overestimating the Russian military as a non-regional power, but it hardly matters, since the Russians certainly don’t make that error themselves. They’re smart enough to engage in proxy and regional conflicts, for better or worse.
I hope that neither the US nor Russia would be stupid enough to go directly to war, but if they did it would be over in under and hour and we’d all be dead or dying. I’ll pass on that, thanks.
- jessaustin 9y agoI agree that life is preferable to stupid wars, but in that case what were you trying to say by invoking the risible "sleeping giant" canard?
- Erlangolem 9y ago(Regret posting, sorry.)
- jessaustin 9y agoFor a non-American, you do a great impression of a 73-year-old Midwestern Republican who managed to miss both Korea and Vietnam and who has taken Time magazine for most of his life. I might not convince you of anything, but mostly I would just urge you to be skeptical of American media reports that encourage spending more money on the military.
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