Mugatu
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Watch Trump start a fucking war...
Also, hand-wringers, remember when it was Hillary who was the warmonger? Huh.
The actual problem is geopoilitics and human nature. If it wasn’t the US it would have been someone else.
Yes, they’ve been really terrible at it, but partly due to their own democratic values (and moral dilemma) and internal political issues. An authoritarian superpower (like China or Iran) with the US’ military and economic capabilities and dominance would have went all in, without any regard to public opinion and the likes.
Well the Iraniab regime would hardly take into consideration which state enabled its existence?
No, my point is different. You say that an authoritarian Iran would do worse; I'm saying that Iran's authoritarian turn did not happen by itself - it is a direct consequence of US intervention.
I’m not being exclusively anti-Iran; in my own personal opinion, I think the US should have backed Iran against the Gulf states because the latter are even worse. But to say that Iran and Saudi arabia are arch enemies only because of the West is a bit rich, don’t you think?