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"There's no evidence that overwhelming military force from the sky is able to actually subdue countries." Is ramped-up militarism accelerating US decline rather than reversing it? As US "power projection" wreaks havoc across the globe, Vijay Prashad explains what the Iran war has exposed about the limits of American military and diplomatic might.


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[–] SlavaUkraini@feddit.nl 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think it’s too early and too convoluted to be talking about winning and loosing. These days it’s not about wars because at least from the US side we don’t do that anymore. Too costly and cruel. It’s about targeted actions to remove harmful and antidemocratic problems, like Maduro.