▲ | ExoticPearTree 9 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
Just to set the story straight: - Libya was bombed primarily by France and then other NATO countries for no good reason. And from a functioning dictatorship it is a failed state. - Syria was invaded by Turkey/US right after the civil war started. In the world we all live in you need to have powerful deterrents so that the US/France/UK/NATO will not dare to bomb you for whatever reason they feel "justified" to do. In an extreme, I think every country should have a lot of nukes so other countries can mind their own business. | |||||||||||||||||
▲ | BrandoElFollito 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> In an extreme, I think every country should have a lot of nukes so other countries can mind their own business. The problem is that countries tend to assume that the neighbors are also their business. | |||||||||||||||||
▲ | _old_dude_ 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> Libya was bombed primarily by France and then other NATO countries for no good reason https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_Libyan_financing_in_th... | |||||||||||||||||
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▲ | looofooo0 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Forget Ryssian involvment in Syria and Libiya! | |||||||||||||||||
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▲ | scotty79 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> other countries can mind their own business Right. Because nothing says "I can mind my own business." like nuclear weapons being at most one coup from being launched at someone, possibly you. People thought nuclear weapons are a defensive deterrent but what war in Ukraine showed us they are actually offensive weapons that deter anyone from defending to strongly when you attack them with your conventional forces. Both russia and USA used their nuclear weapons in that manner for the last few decades. It's time to call the thing that quacks what it is, a duck. | |||||||||||||||||
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