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Re:70 years ago, an Anglo-US coup condemned Iran to decades ... by FirmwareBurner on Saturday August 19, 2023 @03:12PM (#37192084)
> the First World War was an massive exercise in proving that nothing that could be gained from a major power war would be worth the misery

And yet the "war on terror" happened. US companies gained a lot from that even if the average taxpayer didn't.

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Re:70 years ago, an Anglo-US coup condemned Iran to decades ... by JumpCrisscross on Saturday August 19, 2023 @03:18PM (#37192134)
> yet the "war on terror" happened. US companies gained a lot from that even if the average taxpayer didn't

The War on Terror, and invasion of Iraq, were massive American policy failures. Had Xi not become a dictator and Putin not invaded Crimea and then the rest of Ukraine, American hegemony would be on a downturn as a result of those fumbles.

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Re:70 years ago, an Anglo-US coup condemned Iran to decades ... by FirmwareBurner on Saturday August 19, 2023 @04:48PM (#37193030)
>The War on Terror, and invasion of Iraq, were massive American policy failures.

Not if you ask Halliburton

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Re:70 years ago, an Anglo-US coup condemned Iran to decades ... by JumpCrisscross on Saturday August 19, 2023 @07:35PM (#37194440)
> Not if you ask Halliburton

The stockholders who have seen a third against since 2006?

You’re dragging a red herring. In the past, conquest was popular because it made the conqueror as a whole rich. Today, you’re limited to scratching out whatabouts with one-off and dated examples like Halliburton. The circle of net beneficiaries rivals that of botched aid operations.

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Re:70 years ago, an Anglo-US coup condemned Iran to decades ... by inglor_cz on Saturday August 19, 2023 @04:12PM (#37192671)
In every war, someone gains something, but War on Terror was detrimental to the US as a whole, and the American population understands that - which is why the hawks are really unpopular right now. The defeat of H.C. in 2016 can at least partly be explained by the fact that she was considered a foreign policy hawk.

Compare this to wars of Ancient Rome which were actually popular, because they brought home visible wealth.

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