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This is what the much maligned "world's police" role the US military actually plays. It's a shame the NeoCons didn't understand the point of the threat is to ne
by waveBidder 3y ago
This is what the much maligned "world's police" role the US military actually plays. It's a shame the NeoCons didn't understand the point of the threat is to never have to use it. the first gulf war didn't need a round two.
- zdragnar 3y agoRound two was based on manufacturing a better ally in the region than the Saudis. After all, this was not too long after 9/11 and despite the lack of public attention, nobody was foolish enough to ignore the role of Saudi nationals in private. If, as a democracy, Iraq became what Iran could have been (until the revolution), our influence would have played a much stronger moderating force in the middle east. Instead, we discovered that democracies don't work when people don't want them to. It was a pipe dream that was doomed to fail from its inception. One unforced error lead to another, and that's a lesson that nobody ever seems to learn.
- verdverm 3y ago> One unforced error lead to another, and that's a lesson that nobody ever seems to learn. As HR McMaster likes to say, "all wars are the result of a miscalculation"