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I don’t think control goes that far. China definitely thinks that way, but I doubt the western governments do.
by earthnail 3y ago
I don’t think control goes that far. China definitely thinks that way, but I doubt the western governments do.
- wheelerof4te 3y ago[flagged]
- ben_w 3y agoNATO doesn't do that. The US can do that alone, and sometimes brings the UK with it, which might look similar but is really different in important ways.
- oblio 3y agoOutside of the Iraq 2003 stupidity, has the US done this kind of thing in the past 20 years? I'd hope the times of the US trying to turn regular countries into banana republics are over.
- hindsightbias 3y agoMore Europe dragged the US/NATO into Libya and Syria.
- oblio 3y agoLibya you could argue for, but Syria??? Syria was an offshoot of... wait for it... Iraq. Guess who started that.
- hindsightbias 3y agoMerkel, Erdogan and KSA wanted it and expected their battle hymn of "Onward Christian Soldiers" to carry the day. Thanks not, Obama. She ran away from any personal nation building but at least didn't run away from picking up the mess she helped create.
- oblio 3y agoWhat's this madness?
- oblio 3y agoThat's just silly. Look at NATO operations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NATO_operations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NATO_operations Only Afghanistan and Libya can be argued to have been some sort of cover for resource extraction... and both operations have ended. Plus the Libyan intervention was very short.
- wheelerof4te 3y agoHow do you explain the continued presence of US military inside Syria?
- oblio 3y agoSame way I'd explain the Russian, Iranian, Turkish ones.