Well, did we learn anything here? Like as in NEVER "help" another foreign country again, pull all our troops, every last one of them across the globe, shut down the bases, let them deal with themselves 👍
You have a point here, Iraq should not have been invaded, and Saddam Hussein should have been allowed to massacre his own people, but now it is too late, if the US pulls out, Iran will fill in the gap. It would be the same in Asia, if the US pulls out, China will walk in.
Not our problem. This is the 21st century, we can strike any country at any time right from here. The concept of military allies is outdated, we don't need allies, only trade partners. Read my other reply, not saying we can never help anyone again, but the way we decide who to help, how much help, and how we help needs to drastically change.
You are right that it is all about trade partners. But if an army provides protection for a country, for example, Taiwan, that country should repay that protection in trading agreements. Another problem is that if China gets influence around the World, it is inevitable that their cultural and economical and political system will spread around the World too.
The key is deciding what countries are worthwhile to help and which ones are not. And invading Iraq was not worthwhile, Syria was probably also not worthwhile.
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