• Metatronz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Lord. The irony. Could have had a little US in Iraq after us essentially living there forever. Now it’s Chinatown

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      1 year ago

      Yup. US could have taken all the contracts and became the good guy, but nope, they burnt it down to the ground and left.

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        1 year ago

        Not that we should have the contracts and control a country like that, but I’d like to think there could have been a win/win. Would have been nice to have a friendly and supported Iraq, on its way to healing some, at the end of the day.

        Overall, a failure of US leadership on all fronts. Any positive results may have just been a bridge too far in the minds of politicians and rallying the public just not worth it for them. Silly.