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Interesting how bad is the USA image after 2003 invasion of Irak. The West supported USA after 9/11, people felt really sorry for what happened. It felt like a

Interesting how bad is the USA image after 2003 invasion of Irak. The West supported USA after 9/11, people felt really sorry for what happened. It felt like a betrayal when all that good will was used to steal oil at the cost of destabilizing the region, killing hundreds of thousands and delaying green energy sources. There is a limit on what propaganda can fix. Russia seems to play the game differently. They just want to cause chaos, maybe because they are playing defense. China is also growing influence and propaganda in the West, and if the USA does not fit it's internal problems it can become the next world power in the minds of most people. Interesting read. It feels part of a past that is not coming back.

lowdose 5y ago
Russia has the economy size of Italy, it’s just chaos for attention.
- KozmoNau7 5y ago
  And is much harder to govern, the biggest reasons being the harsh geography and climate, and how thinly the population is spread outside of western Russia.
redis_mlc 5y ago
The parent comment is nonsense, almost every single word. - As the only superpower, the US doesn't have to care. Other Western countries cooperated with the US because the same Islamic terrorism was already happening in their countries. - Hussein was already destabilizing the region - he wanted to control all of his neighbors, which is why he warred with Iran, Kuwait and KSA. The US was paid by KSA to defend it. - if by "stealing the oil" you mean reparations for having to invade Iraq, sure, that was a stated goal. But the oilfields ended up being leased to non-US companies. - Russia is almost a failed state in terms of finances and population growth, thanks to Communism and now kleptocracy. The one good thing I will say is that Russia only waged proxy wars, not large-scale ones with the West. - the CCP is trying to conquer the world, but corona has revealed the monsters that they are. Their next mis-step will be in seizing the Himalayan headwaters, which guarantees endless wars with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. - if you want to bring up the US and Afghanistan, I don't have any answers there. Their neighbors should police that country.

lowdose 5y ago

Russia has the economy size of Italy, it’s just chaos for attention.

KozmoNau7 5y ago
And is much harder to govern, the biggest reasons being the harsh geography and climate, and how thinly the population is spread outside of western Russia.

redis_mlc 5y ago

The parent comment is nonsense, almost every single word. - As the only superpower, the US doesn't have to care. Other Western countries cooperated with the US because the same Islamic terrorism was already happening in their countries. - Hussein was already destabilizing the region - he wanted to control all of his neighbors, which is why he warred with Iran, Kuwait and KSA. The US was paid by KSA to defend it. - if by "stealing the oil" you mean reparations for having to invade Iraq, sure, that was a stated goal. But the oilfields ended up being leased to non-US companies. - Russia is almost a failed state in terms of finances and population growth, thanks to Communism and now kleptocracy. The one good thing I will say is that Russia only waged proxy wars, not large-scale ones with the West. - the CCP is trying to conquer the world, but corona has revealed the monsters that they are. Their next mis-step will be in seizing the Himalayan headwaters, which guarantees endless wars with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. - if you want to bring up the US and Afghanistan, I don't have any answers there. Their neighbors should police that country.