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> he long-term goal in Iraq/Afghanistan was "peaceful muslim-majority western-values democracies in the middle east". This has never been the goal of the Unite
by random314 6y ago
> he long-term goal in Iraq/Afghanistan was "peaceful muslim-majority western-values democracies in the middle east".
This has never been the goal of the United states
- wahern 6y agoI guess it depends on who (if any person or group in particular) we recognize as setting U.S. policy, but if it's the President then I think you're wrong: https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/11/17/bush-on-nation-building-and-afghanistan/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/11/17/bush-on-nation-building... Here's the full speech quoted early in that article: https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/04/20020417-1.html https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/20...
- random314 6y agoThere is a whole lot of difference between actions and words. US Presidents typically have a lot of problems with democracies/democratic movements in Iran, Venezuela, Haiti, Egypt etc but very much liked the dictatorships in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Chile, Brazil, El Salvador. I judge governments and people by their actions and not their words.