Comments by "Andy Monaghan" (@229andymon) on "America is in Decline and We Should Worry | Niall Ferguson" video.

@ppen8359 Your response reminds me of the quote by Tacitus - “They create a desert, and they call it peace”. Iraq indeed is now a chaotic mess, same to a lesser extent is Syria, so yes, well done US for that, but to call that some kind of achievement, for any reason, strains credulity. Iraq is a mess - and now a mess under the influence of Iran, the Taliban are back in control of Afghanistan, with a stronger hold over it than before the US invasion and the Russians outwitted the US in Syria to establish Russian influence there muscling out US presence. That glaringly obvious lack of US presence or influence is now the order of the day throughout the ME. The US, through its disastrous foreign policy, has painted itself completely into the Israeli corner and is, as usual, letting that crazy tail wag the US dog. The danger the world faces now in the ME is possibly greater than at any time.
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@ppen8359 Hamas started this? What, they decided to give their country to Israel on the condition they could pen themselves into the world’s biggest open prison and insist that Israel isolate them in it and treat them like animals for a couple of generations? I think you’ll find the start of this was a little bit further back than 7th October 2023.
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