9/11 The Aftermath

[JU_88]

The wests geo political screw ups didnt end with Iraq and Afgahnistan, supporting the Arab Spring & the ousting of gaddafi also had a negative impact.
E.g The European migrant crisis was a consequence of the Syrian war + supporting the revolt against gaddafi. With him gone, the loss of stability in Lybia gave the traffickers free reign. The migrant crises (plus the progressive 'heart before brain' knee jerk reaction to it) in turn fuelled much of than Anti EU sentiment accross the continent and was key in the 'Leave' result of the UKs Referendum and the rise of more rightwing/far right populist movements.

[Catfish]

Indeed it seems what "the west" did (maybe with good intentions) finally destroyed a lot of infrastructure, killed a lot of people, and destabilised countries and whole regions for decades to come.
Ghaddafi made the mistake to try to sell his oil in other than dollar currrency

[JU_88]

Originally Posted by Catfish

Indeed it seems what "the west" did (maybe with good intentions) finally destroyed a lot of infrastructure, killed a lot of people, and destabilised countries and whole regions for decades to come.
Ghaddafi made the mistake to try to sell his oil in other than dollar currrency

Thou Shalt not betray the mighty Petro Dollar.
That ships pretty much sailed now though.

I dont know, on the one hand Its unrealistic to rag too hard on any nation just for looking out for its own interests. They/We all do that and there will always be winners and losers there.
The problem with protectionism really occurs when the benificeries are fewer than the victims. (In many cases 'VASTLY' fewer with a disprortionate severity of victimisation on those negitivly impacted.)