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In reply to the discussion: This may upset some DUers but after Iraq it's hard to watch the same hacks talking [View all]dwayneb
(768 posts)The USA had no intent to capture Iraq and make it a US territory or state, nor was there any plan to control the government from near or afar. We can quibble about the reasons for going in which we all know were flawed, but there was never a mission to displace the Iraq government with one of our own. Evidence is the situation we have today. Iraq is an independent sovereign nation and we are effectively withdrawn.
Russia and the Ukraine are totally different. We know from history what Putin's intentions are; he is actively working toward recreating the former glory of the USSR. Ukraine is the prize jewel in the region, it will give Russia significant strategic advantages.
It is naive to assume that Russia is not a threat to the West. We abandon our allies in NATO at our own peril.
Power in the world is shifting to the East and away form the West. We had our heyday after WW2.
It does not take a historian or a political scientist to see which way the wind is blowing.