Message from @FLanon
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True
George Washington warned against foreign entanglements
However, Syria is also in Russia's sphere of influence ... so if we simply stay uninvolved the Spetznaz could probably help Assad more than our CIA would willingly go along with
Yes. Let Russia deal with Syria and maybe also Afghanistan if they wish.
America first
Afghanistan has been fucked since the Soviet Union invaded them in 1979
And the Soviets got stuck in that Vietnam-Style War for 10 years
Well
CIA funded Osama Bin Ladin and crew to make sure Afghanistan turned into as deadly a Vietnam as possible
Yeah
It was horrible foresight
Yea
Why did the Soviets even invade Afghanistan?
I think just for more clay
They had plenty holdings in central Asia
The Afghans overthrew the socialist government, so they retaliated with an invasion
Maybe they wanted Naval Ports on the Indian Ocean
They wanted more influence in the region
Afghanistan offers a port to South Asia and the Middle East
Wasn’t it because they were afraid of Islamic revolutions in their southern republics because they were Atheist?
If I were them I'd be planning for an eventual railroad/ highway going from Moscow to the Indian Ocean
The islamic governments were anti-communist to a large extent
Like a forced version of their roads to Crimea
Although Iran did have some backhanded cooperation with both sides
Many of the secular MENA governments were socialist systems propped up by Soviets
Libya, Iraq, Syria, etc
Yeah
In the fall of the cold war, those sort of governments are necessary to protect religious minorities
Iraq went somewhat fundamentalist after the first gulf war
And yea mostly
Unfortunately, Conservative Inc hasn't learned that.
There is a huge problem of Christians getting killed in the Middle East tho
Yeah, of course.
Reason u don't see more Arab Christians or Coptic Christian Egyptians is bc of such atrocities
Yeah, islamic theocracies have a large tendency to force against christians in the ME
That's the reason we need to keep Assad and why we should have kept Hussein and Gaddafi
Even though Tribal religious tendencies are strong in even "monotheistic" African peoples .... a lot of the tension in Africa is Islam vs Christian
Democracy does not work in the ME
Tito helped reign in Yugoslavia, but unlike other socialist dictatorships in fractured regions Tito's regime didn't have a clearly established line of succession
Succession is almost more important in these types of Govts than in Monarchies of old