Do you even KNOW what hegemony means?Bullshit.
With Saddam gone, Iran has moved into that power vacuum, and it has caused the rise of ISIS.
The only folks that have benefited are Israel and the Saudis. It has only led to chaos in the region.
He was tricked into invading Kuwait, b/c they wanted to invade him.
We have LOST freedom because of the Patriot Act, not gained it. It has not benefited America in any way.
Biden is no different than Republicans, no different.
WRONG!
Iran has not invaded or annexed any countries like Saddam did. Iran has not fired any ballistic missiles at other countries like Saddam did. Iran has not seized and destroyed oil wells of another country vital to the global economy like Saddam did.
That's why regime change was justified in Iraq but not in Iran. Iran is generally a paper tiger that hides behind proxy's when conducting its foreign policy.
The rise of ISIS was in part due to the premature pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq at the end of 2011. U.S. troops returned to Iraq in 2014, and ISIS was largely defeated in Iraq by mid-2017. The only remaining territory ISIS currently controls is in Syria. As of today they control a space of territory along the Euphrates River in Syria that is a little less than 500 meters long and 250 meters wide.
Kuwait, Bahrain, U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Europe, Japan, the United Sates and the rest of the industrialized world all benefited from the removal of Saddam. Saddam was a threat to global energy supply and seized and sabotaged assets vital to global energy supply in the past setting off a global recession. You can't let someone like that remain in power. That's even before discussing is vast history with the production and use of WMD.
Nobody tricked Saddam into invading Kuwait on August 2, 1990. But even if they did, he was given a chance to leave Kuwait long before the operation to remove him from Kuwait began in January 1991. Instead of leaving Kuwait, Saddam ANNEXED Kuwait in mid-August 1990. NOBODY ever stated that Saddam had a right to ANNEX KUWAIT wiping it off the face of the map.
You would think that no one in the right mind would be willing to defend someone like SADDAM, but here you are doing just that. Wonder what you would say about Hitler.
Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism. Their goal is to establish a Persian Empire in the Middle East. Add Russia who wants to establish a world empire and that spells danger for the US.
Wow.
Could you be anymore a victim of propaganda?
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NATO expansion map. (CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
Pelosi and McConnell Crank Up NATO Madness
Pelosi and McConnell Crank Up NATO Madness
These countries are joining NATO voluntarily in response to the threat of Russian hegemony. Figures you would compare Iran to NATO.
Russia has no hegemony over anyone.
Germany has greater singular hegemony.
Britain has greater hegemony.
France has greater hegemony.
Hell, even Italy.
"From now to 2020, slower growth developed countries those countries like France and Germany with 1.3 to 1.9% annual real GDP growth will lose ground to the USA (2.0-2.8% real GDP growth). Italy will really lag with about 1% annual real GDP growth. Japan could be really terrible with about 0.7% growth or could come in with just slow growth at 1.3% per year. Canada, Australia and the UK should be at the US level of growth or a little better. South Korea will move up with about 3.5% real GDP growth each year.
For developing countries, India and Indonesia should do well with 6-7% and possibly 8% real GDP growth."
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Tell me, just where is Russia going to get this money to take over all the world?
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Putin wants to restore the old USSR to its full glory. The USSR was a collection of countries enslaved by Russia. They clearly are interfering in other countries' elections to install leadership which is sympathetic to Russia.