[Spooky23]

A century of suffering in the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia is the consequence of those little wars.

[nkozyra]

These predate the US-USSR cold war, though. They're rooted in good old fashioned colonial exploitation.

[Spooky23]

The Soviets distributed kalashnikovs, rpgs and other weapons with missionary zeal to attain world communism. The US did all sorts of nasty stuff.

The outcome is a tire fire that will burn for my lifetime at least.