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by nl 1749 days ago
I'm 46.

America was run out off Syria by Russia. There was lots of other things going on too, but Russia got a deep water port in the Mediterranean - something that both the British and American empires tried to stop for hundreds of years - before the Crimean war.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/08/after-five-years-of-fig...

https://www.news18.com/news/opinion/after-10-years-of-syrian...

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/trump-applauds-russia-vic...

I mean Turkish forces shelled a US post in Syria at one point and laughed about it. That's how worried the rest of the world is about US appetite for war.

https://www.militarytimes.com/2019/10/13/us-troops-believe-t...

Iran has run America out of Iraq.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/18/leaked-cables-...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/18/leaked-cables-...

Where was any appetite to do anything about China's actions in HK?