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Re:Another UFO shot down over Canada by US by justin66 on Sunday February 12, 2023 @12:49AM (#34760227)
> since it became clear Afghanistan and Iraq were disasters the war propaganda complex was muted for years

If it weren't for propaganda, we would have found the will to exit those wars well over a decade ago.

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Re:Another UFO shot down over Canada by US by ss108 on Monday February 13, 2023 @03:44PM (#34780139)
Leaving Iraq earlier would have been fucked up. We would wrecked the country, destabilized it, raised the problem of sectarian warfare, and then bounced. We still basically did that, but at least helped it with ISIS before leaving.

As it is, we arguably owe it more.

You can see what the result of leaving Afghanistan has been. We should have devoted more resources to nation building there.

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