My point that I also didn’t articulate very well is basically: Yes, US has intervened badly, but we’ve also done some valuable things that others let us do because they didn’t want to spend the money or political capital, so with the fascists winning, us helping keep some countries in check is weakened, which is one thing they’re happy to accomplish. That’s what I didn’t say, and I didn’t say it poorly. meh.
Does the good outweigh the bad? That’s too big of a problem to decide. But there are some good things that we’ve done that we will be doing less of. People will die because of less humanitarian aid, less keeping bad actors in check. We didn’t keep all bad actors in check, nor did we help everyone. But we did do some of both of those things, along with other things in our own economic interest that ALSO killed people, and some of those things will continue, so it’s not like the situation is all better.
My point that I also didn’t articulate very well is basically: Yes, US has intervened badly, but we’ve also done some valuable things that others let us do because they didn’t want to spend the money or political capital, so with the fascists winning, us helping keep some countries in check is weakened, which is one thing they’re happy to accomplish. That’s what I didn’t say, and I didn’t say it poorly. meh.
Does the good outweigh the bad? That’s too big of a problem to decide. But there are some good things that we’ve done that we will be doing less of. People will die because of less humanitarian aid, less keeping bad actors in check. We didn’t keep all bad actors in check, nor did we help everyone. But we did do some of both of those things, along with other things in our own economic interest that ALSO killed people, and some of those things will continue, so it’s not like the situation is all better.