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It's not "widely known" since that's not even true. China and Russia are very advanced these days. Even ahead in many regards, according to public information.
by randomopining 3y ago
It's not "widely known" since that's not even true. China and Russia are very advanced these days. Even ahead in many regards, according to public information.
Russia (aka the Soviet Union) has done plenty of interventions since the start of the Cold War.
Thinking that Ukraine compares to Iraq is simply incorrect. I didn't support the Iraq War, but as you can see today -- the US's end state there was not control over the country, gov, or people. That's verifyable.
Russia has verifiably ANNEXED land and people, and its public goal is to destroy the democratically elected gov of Ukraine. Even in that regard, Saddam was a dictator.
It's actually pathetic to compare Russia in Ukraine to Iraq. I don't think even 1 Ukranian would agree with you.
- tehjoker 3y agoI think the people of Fallujah (still poisoned with depleted uranium) and the torture victims of Abu Garib would beg to differ with you.
- randomopining 3y agoWhen did I say the US has taken 100% perfect actions? Also Abu Ghraib wasn't anything close to a high level decision. The fact that if you ask probably >85% of voting Americans if the Iraq War was a good decision -- they would say no. And they vote with that moving forward. It's an imperfect system that is still the best available. Yet you bring forth these US atrocities in war, while Saddam himself killed 10's of thousands of innocents with gas etc. Directed from the top. That's the kind of stuff that would happen in a power vacuum where your autocrats take control.