Please allow me to explain some of these conflicts.
1. It was in the best interest of both Pakistan and USA to dismantle Al-Qaeda Network in the region. Pervez Musharraf understood the obvious. I highlighted this theme on a consistent basis in this forum as well. American mission in Afghanistan made sense in this respect.
But Iran and India had their own designs for Afghanistan as well. Proxy warfare claims and mistrust became a common theme at some point. American attempts to soften both TTP and ISIS-K were overshadowed by other concerns in Pakistani discourses. Americans felt trapped and opted out under Trump administration. Many Pakistani called for USA to be ousted from Afghanistan as well? Our current PM Imran Khan was also vocal against American occupation of Afghanistan.
Pakistan will have to fight and address regional terrorism on its own now. Perhaps this is for the best.
Complaints for the sake of complaints have no value.
2. Vietnam was abandoned because South Vietnamese were corrupt and could not fight.
In the mid-1960s, as the U.S. effort to bring widespread change to the social, economic, and political fabric of rural South Vietnam was getting under way, a representative of the United States Official Mission (USOM) in that country stumbled across evidence of large-scale corruption among...
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Americans experienced similar problem in Afghanistan. Afghan politicians championed by Americans were up to no good with the exception of Abdullah Abdullah. The ANDSF refused to fight for the corrupt Ghani regime and fell apart in view of the unconditional withdrawal decree from Biden administration.
The sudden catalytic collapse of the Afghan government and military forces can be attributed to Afghan and U.S. mistakes made long before the current U.S. withdrawal, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.
www.csis.org
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Ashraf Ghani had no principles to begin with; he was willing to court even the likes of ISIS-K for opposing the Afghan Taliban. Imagine this.
Vietnam is stable and COOL with USA lately. Fair enough.
3. USA did not abandon South Korea but liberated it. South Korea is a flourishing economy and a success story of American Policy for the Korean Peninsula.
BACKGROUND North Korea and South Korea were split across the 38th parallel by USSR and USA after World War 2. USSR helped transform North Korea into an organized communist state with well-equipped armed forces in the (1945 - 1950) period. USA did not pay much attention to security needs...
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A highly educated and healthy population supported by improving Economic Quality have ensured South Korea a spot in the top 35 of Prosperity Index, but decreasing Social Capital and worsening
www.prosperity.com
4. USA never invaded Cuba and have little interest in this country. The Bay of Pigs intervention was in support of the Cuban Exiles who failed to deliver when the time came. Therefore.
5. American effort to
reboot the Political Landscape of Iraq was a BAD decision without any doubt. American Neocons felt that Iraq was unfinished business after 1991. The lesser known (and discussed) fact is that there were some Iraqi politicians and influential figures who were also among the Architects of American intervention in Iraq.
Mr. Chalabi is perhaps the Iraqi most associated with President George W. Bush’s decision to invade the country and topple its longtime dictator, Saddam Hussein.
www.nytimes.com
Who should have scrutinized government assertions on Iraqi WMD with greater commitment, demanding evidence? Other MPs? The BBC?
www.opendemocracy.net
Google Chilcot Inquiry.
The lesson in this case is
not to create a conflict in a region for the sake of it. Many countries have political dissidents - best to leave them to their own devices.
6. Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is addressed. This might surprise you but Israel supported Azerbaijan in this conflict and Israeli technologies proved useful in defeating some of the best Russian-origin defenses of Armenia.
After a month and a half of fierce fighting over Karabakh and surrounding Armenian-occupied districts, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a final ceasefire on November 10 (Daily Sabah, November 10). The deal leaves all areas Azerbaijani forces recaptured under Baku’s control. Azerbaijan’s decisive...
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7. Greece and Turkey have claims over Cyprus. Both Greece and Turkey are NATO member states as well.
How USA may FIX this problem? Any ideas?
8. Palestine and Kashmir are respective byproducts of the colonial arrangements of the British Empire at the time of its FALL. The British should have addressed these conflicts in the 1940s.
How these two conflicts shall be addressed? Any ideas?
9. Sudan was in the state of a Civil War and split in two in 2011 consequently.
Experts warn a possible genocide is looming.
www.vox.com
South Sudan have problems of it own in fact.
Just have a look at the headlines featuring Sudan. You will be like "stay away from this region."
10. Eritreia and Ethopia have a border dispute.
How is this American problem?
11. France is responsible for ruining Libya to large extent; another tragedy of unwarranted Foreign intervention.
On the flip side, Colonel Gaddafi had ruled over Libya for too long. He underestimated the political dissent of Benghazi and it created circumstances for his downfall eventually.
12. Syria is in turmoil due to heavy-handed tactics of the Assad administration in large part. Other entities made inroads in Syria by taking advantage of the Syrian turmoil.
On March 15, the war entered its eighth year.
www.aljazeera.com
Syria is now a Banana Republic; congratulations to Mr. Bashar al-Assad.
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My POV is following:
USA should
not be a Party in every manner of regional dispute and episode of political crisis around the world. If USA does not have a solution for a regional dispute, it should stay away from it.
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As for the topic, Michael Rubin is an idiot.
Pakistan should Fence its border with Iran
in any case. I have reiterated this time-and-again.
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