TehBamski@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy wasn't former President Bush of the USA, charged with any crimes, when we marched into Afghanistan and Iraq by his orders, under pretenses?message-squaremessage-square230fedilinkarrow-up1480arrow-down151
arrow-up1429arrow-down1message-squareWhy wasn't former President Bush of the USA, charged with any crimes, when we marched into Afghanistan and Iraq by his orders, under pretenses?TehBamski@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square230fedilink
minus-squareIHaveTwoCows@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoGive Afghanistan a nuke and the US would never have even considered invading.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThe US had total air and naval superiority in Afghanistan, so them having a nuke is irrelevant. The US also did not “lose” in Afghanistan, but people always turn into dipshits when that’s brought up.
minus-squareIHaveTwoCows@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThe US never challenges a country with nukes.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe vast majority of countries with nukes have a functioning navy and air force, which means they have a theoretical delivery system for those nukes. The US, as an example, would absolutely go to war with Pakistan if geopolitical factors necessitate it.
Give Afghanistan a nuke and the US would never have even considered invading.
The US had total air and naval superiority in Afghanistan, so them having a nuke is irrelevant.
The US also did not “lose” in Afghanistan, but people always turn into dipshits when that’s brought up.
The US never challenges a country with nukes.
The vast majority of countries with nukes have a functioning navy and air force, which means they have a theoretical delivery system for those nukes.
The US, as an example, would absolutely go to war with Pakistan if geopolitical factors necessitate it.