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Originally Posted by rubecube
Well with Afghanistan, there was essentially a 20-year war to end up right back where they started. So I imagine the calculations would be pretty easy there. And considering Saddam was essentially installed as a puppet by the U.S., wouldn't the death under him still count as at least partially their fault?
You could probably say something similar about Vietnam and Cambodia. The U.S.' actions ultimately killed a lot of people and was ineffective at stopping the inevitable from happening.
There's also the flipside of that, too. How many more people died as a result of the U.S. backing coups/death squads or installing their own far-right dictators in Central and South America?
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The US should have definitely stayed the #### out of Iraq in 2003, and Vietnam. The dissenting voices should have been listened to at the time.
But there were tons of voices who called for the US to stay out of Europe and the Pacific in the 40s. Thankfully, they didn't listen to those voices at the time.
I think 9/11 required a response. Was the NATO response the correct one? I don't know. Canada and the US weren't attacked again - but the UK, France & Spain were.