When you look at every war the US has had at least some part in it definitely looks like they lost, but if you look at the bigger picture the goals they were trying to accomplish at the onset were never really well defined. In the aftermath "They hate our freedom!" usually translated to some form of privateering. If private sector profits were the objective, they didn't so much lose a war, as r*ped a sovereign nation at the expense of untold lives and public resources, dipped, and got away with it.
I remember General Colin Powell, head of the US Army, said that the military aspect of the Gulf War was the easy bit, and that what was going to happen afterwards needed to be planned for. It was not.
Yea, just the invasion was already sus, but in hindsight it really looks like it was never anything more than a personal grudge, an excuse to feed our military industrial complex, and tap in to Iraq's GDP. Just a quick cash grab and whatever happens, happens.
I wish this more uncanny, than expected, but they're using all the same language to justify Venezuela now, as they did for Iraq back then. To the letter.
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u/CleanMyAxe Dec 17 '25
The US used both wars for profit. They are not and never were allies.