Well what did the wars get you? After spending 3 trillions in Iraq you find ISIS scums at power. Fighting 15 years in Afghanistan and Talibans still control 60% of the country. And once US pulls out Talibans will probably get Kabul as well.
That's hardly our problem. Each country are ultimately responsible for their own stability, we went there, we kick the ISIS scum when we wre there, are you suggesting that we rage war with EVERYBODY in the middle east just to take care of some problem that wan't about us in the first place? Or rather, you want us to stay in Iraq or Afghanistan forever?
Otherwise what more do you want the US to do? We went to Iraq, we killed Saddam, we kick out the Baathist regime, we even Killed Zardari, we went to Afghansitan, we kick out the Taliban, we killed Osama Bin Laden, which by the way was hiding in Pakistan, we still got him. What more are there for the American to do? Stay in Afghanistan and Iraq forever?
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Russia took Crimea. And US could do nothing......Same with Abkhazia................You guys couldn't do enough to deter Russia.
Why you have to assume US have to do anything when Russia took Crimea? Can you tell me one reason why US needed or wanted to get involved with Ukrainian Internal problem? Ukraine is not a NATO country, nor were they in the EU, OPEC or any of the US defence pact. In what ground do we justify going in Crimea all gun blazing? Weapon of Mass Destruction again? We all know Russia have WMD lol.
And you know what? Ukraine was pro-Russia before 2014, and now wanting to join NATO in 2017, so aren't the America getting the best of 2 world when they did nothing but people come to them for help, and yet the America will continue doing nothing. By losing Crimea, the American and its NATO pact gain the rest of Ukraine, and you know what? And that is done without the American need to fire a single shot. If this is not top notch diplomacy, I don't know what is.
Let the war drag on if you ask me, Ukraine more and more rely on the American and the west on Energy, Defence and Political bargining power, let the war continue in Eastern Ukraine I will say, that war should never stop, that war did America a lot good going on then ending it, I hope the Russian never stop funding and supporting the Ukrainian rebel to be honest.
Diplomacy does not play by using brute force everytime, sometime when people failed to act is not because they cannot act, but rather, they gain more when they are not acting. In this case, Russia, act by taking over Crimea and supporting the Rebel in Eastern Ukraine, in return, their economy is crushed and the war is still going on without any sign of ultimate Russian Victory, more importantly they have lose Ukraine and now have a border with the West led NATO pact. which before both Belarus and Ukraine act as a buffer for the Russian State, if you ask me, Russia actually lost by getting involved in the Ukraine Conflict.
Yes, the Russian gain Crimea, but they effectively lost the whole Ukraine and half of their buffer, just so they can say "The west cannot do jack shit to them?" Why the west need to do anything at the first place when they are doing all the damage themselves? I don't know what will you call this, but I will call it a political defeat for Russia. Because last I heard, their former friend is now building a wall along the Russia-Ukraine border.
