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by lazyeye 413 days ago
It doesn't matter what it is, or where it's happening in the world, some people will always make it about the US. Always. It's tiresome.
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The US is the third largest country on the planet with the second largest nuclear arsenal and controls the currency that other countries denominate their international debt in.

There's very little that happens in the world that does not touch or get touched by the United States. The USA doesn't have much choice in this.