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Re:Economic costs of war by mc32 on Monday August 16, 2021 @11:27PM (#28205876)
That was a European problem which Europeans should have solved by themselves. Why did we have to piss abound there when they could have managed it themselves?

Let's say something came up in Puerto Rico... and then we have Europe come in and fix things instead of the US, does that seem the way it should work?

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Re:Economic costs of war by rini17 on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @12:03AM (#28206109)
That isn't fair assessment. Europeans have plenty of experience how they failed to manage fixing problems by wars. Also at that time, NATO expansion was the only option on the table, Washington was uneasy about the prospects of some independent european alliance influenced much by the newly unified Germany. So it was only natural they decided to come and showcase fixing problems in ex-yugoslavia.

By the way Europe is in fact fixing American problems, by dealing with of refugees from american (and russian) wars, at the price of political and cultural turmoil.

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