Comment on If only someone warned people about getting involved in a land war in Asia

PhoenixDog@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We kinda did, why invade when you can just give a faction that benefits you shittons of diplomatic and financial support to achieve power, then military aid to keep the population from resisting. But this type of approach doesn’t work against countries that don’t let it, hence why you see a different track for Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, North Korea.

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  • mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Arming and funding a faction so they can take over their country, then fight a war against that same group 1-2 decades later, and America.
    Name a more iconic duo.

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  • axh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Also: MAGA doesn’t like subtle actions like that. Soft power is gay! /S

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• The_Lurker@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Kissinger strikes again! This time from Hell! In theaters tomorrow. And next week. And probably next year.

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    kissinger has largely been replaced by benjamin netanyahu.

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• Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m not sure what you mean? They know very well what they’re doing, and chancellor Lockheed Martin expressly supports it.

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  or becoming a puppet of Israel’s benjamin.

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  some of us are spreading the good word, but like, the only ones who are receptive are like, here on Lemmy.

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