• Leadership knew that the taliban was not responsible for 9/11 but entered the country anyway. Unlike Iraq, there is no oil in Afghanistan. There was no strategic value in conquering this country other than intimidating other countries not to fuck with the states.
  • USA spends 39% of global spending on military but has only 4% of the population.
  • Vietnam is the most bombed country in the world.
  • The US has caused so much suffering, instated dictators like Pinochet, fueled proxy wars in Latin America and in the middle-east, they even funded the taliban in the 80s.
  • American foreign policy is insane and USA is a terrorist state.

change my mind internet.

edit: spelling

  • MataVatnik@lemmy.world
    101·
    1 year ago

    I would not argue in favor of the crimes that the US has committed and I wish the leadership was held accountable for its crimes. However, I will definitely prefer a US hegemony, if there is a better alternative on the offering right now I will be the first to support it.