@TehBamski@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 2 years 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-square179fedilinkarrow-up1488arrow-down152
arrow-up1436arrow-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 • 2 years agomessage-square179fedilink
minus-square@IHaveTwoCows@lemm.eelinkfedilink0•2 years agoGive Afghanistan a nuke and the US would never have even considered invading.
minus-square@SCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•edit-22 years 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-square@IHaveTwoCows@lemm.eelinkfedilink0•2 years agoThe US never challenges a country with nukes.
minus-square@SCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 years 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.