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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

He believed we would leave because he grew up in a world of Western countries being driven out by anti colonial violence. It's not that complicated. He wasn't a political science guy, or an anthropologist. He was a radicalized construction engineer.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't think you need to be an anthropologist to figure out that attacking someone's civilians nearly guarantees counterattack. We still needed the oil out of the region back then to boot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Shockingly it doesn't. You're also not taking into account his radicalization. Which allows for a lot of irrational beliefs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

That is actually a fair criticism. I simply don't think it's as strong an influence over strategic thinking. In any decent thinker anyway.