>> So, you’re saying we haven’t been successful in about 60 years.

Love your user name. I still have fond memories of accidentally murdercating a 2-headed squirrel with a butter knife.

Exactly. It’s pop history to say the U.S. created & armed Al Queda & the Taliban.

From what I read, the rank-and-file wasn’t to blame. Their officers fled early, leaving Iraqi units abandoned. 

“There is no rational reason for us to be all over the World other than to push someone’s agenda.”

The Soviets contributed greatly to the Middle East mess, too.

And a huge amount of those ‘bases’ are attache offices.

“Yeah cause NATO didn’t intentionally bomb the Syrian Soldiers in Deir Ezzor.”

You have proof they did so on purpose?

“well since no action was taken for shooting down a russian aircraft, no action will be taken for shooting down an american.”

Disregarding the large number of bases on that map that are 1000+ miles away from Russia (Afghanistan, U.K, Egypt, hell, even the bases in Japan are ~600 miles away from Russia), how many bases are in countries the U.S. was invited to? And the countries to Russia’s western border host the American military precisely…

“Never apologize for that and give commendation to the people responsible.”

The U.S. did pay compensation & state ‘regret’, which is a typical diplomatic maneuver. The commendations were not for shooting down the airliner, they were for a combat tour & engaging Iranian gunboats.

“No European country from Germany eastward was remotely democratic after 1934 except Czechoslovakia.”

I mostly agree with you, but I don’t think Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, or Finland fit.

Yeah, after a Soviet-supported coup.

“Remember FSA?

“US support of the mujaheddin in Afghanistan was what created the Taliban and 30 years later we came to fight the same people we trained and supported.”

The U.S. supported the Afghan resistance groups that were aligned with U.S. interests, while the Saudis & Pakistan chose to back other groups. The Taliban were…

“We supplied the Saudi’s the bombs they’re using to blow up hospitals in Yemen.”

Russia is responsible for more than a quarter of the world’s arms exports. Do you assign blame for them every time their weapons are used to kill innocent people?

“I’d argue that our support for “Rebels” who kill government forces in order…

“Very few US weapons have found their ways into terrorist stockpiles” ISIS grabbed quite a lot when they routed Iraqi forces from Mosul. But that’s not quite the fault of America, so your point stands.

Which country are you referring to? My wife just moved to Seattle from Mexico City & she’s been liking narcos. But to be fair (IMO), folks from Mexico D.F. seem kind of shielded & naive about what’s happening in the rest of the country.

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“How many offices do the Chinese, North Korean, or Russian militaries have in the U.S.?”

How many offices does the U.S. military have in the Russian Federation?