I would argue that enough people have seen that America is a merc military fighting for other countries and when questioned about it, the answer is some sort of "well, destabilization in XYZ country would eventually lead to <bad for America> scenario" and aren't buying it anymore.
The optics of the Afghanistan withdraw certainty didn't help. All that loss of men and treasure for what? Then as soon as we exit that debacle they involve us in the Ukrainian bullshit.
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