| 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? |