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What's the story of WWII?
Fought the wrong enemy, mostly. On the Japanese front, we went Total War on their ass, and made a fairly permanent ally. On the German front, we went "allied victory" on their ass, and paved the way for the Stasi. Also enabled the Russian rape of East Germany, permanently stunting their IQ. Pretty sad, all in all.
For the Persians, our intervention destabilized it in the first place. Poor foreign policy created an enemy.
Comment threads can't go deeper, so I'm moving it up one.
Fought the wrong enemy, mostly. On the Japanese front, we went Total War on their ass, and made a fairly permanent ally. On the German front, we went "allied victory" on their ass, and paved the way for the Stasi. Also enabled the Russian rape of East Germany, permanently stunting their IQ. Pretty sad, all in all.
For the Persians, our intervention destabilized it in the first place. Poor foreign policy created an enemy.