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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by misja111 on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @02:31AM (#36768652)
US didn't want to be involved in the Syrian conflict at all in the beginning. It were its European allies, in particular France, that were pushing to intervene and fight the Assad regime.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-the-united-states-has...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-un-idUKBRE87...

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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by bamfly on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @02:34AM (#36768671)
Interesting, thanks for the context.
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