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I remember when the war in Yugoslavia went on. This was clearly a European thing but in the end it was the Americans that did the dirty work while the Europeans
by Ididntdothis 7y ago
I remember when the war in Yugoslavia went on. This was clearly a European thing but in the end it was the Americans that did the dirty work while the Europeans did a lot of talking but no action.
- progre 7y agoEvery NATO member plus a whole bunch more was involved in that.
- sinkelfink 7y agoThe Americans did the heavy lifting, as usual.
- Ididntdothis 7y agoOnly after the US went first.
- barry-cotter 7y agoAccurate. Much like how Sarkozy really wanted to bomb Libya but nothing actually happened until Hilary and Obama decided to do it.
- pnako 7y agoFrench people were opposed to that idiotic intervention, just like the ones in Iraq and Syria. Sarkozy was not re-elected (for this and many other reasons).
- sinkelfink 7y agoInstead of rescuing the oppressed people, European troops had tea with the genocidaires and then evacuated, leaving people to be slaughtered. And the moment the US dragged NATO into intervening? What did Europeans do? Immediate protests denouncing US fascism, US militarism, books not bombs, you name it.
- pnako 7y agoSo what do you deduct from that fact? "We bombed the hell out of Vietnam while the surrounding countries did nothing!"
- Ididntdothis 7y agoI deduce that even when a country commits atrocities in Europe European nations won’t do anything on their own. Or let’s say Russia invaded Poland they wouldn’t do anything either.
- pnako 7y agoYour deduction is correct. Another more recent example is when America destabilized Ukraine. Predictably, we had no interest in that business either.