• arrow74@lemmy.zip
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      7 days ago

      Failed? Iraq was the only successful invasion. The US friendly puppet government is still in power today.

      Now if you think the war was actually to end “terrorism” I can see how you would think that, but it was all about removing unfriendly governments to ensure the flow of oil.

      If you said Afghanistan you’d have been right

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      If we’re to include the low intensity part of the Russo-Ukrainian war to the low intensity part of the Second Gulf War, it’s already passed that. The second Gulf War lasted from 2003 to 2011 (8 years) and the Russo-Ukrainian war has lasted from 2014 to present (12 years)