Jules72 Christ, Jules. Can you not read between the lines? What did the Truman Doctrine have to do with the invasion of Iraq? It’s such a miopic viewpoint to say the Yanks only had the spread of Communism on their minds going back as far as the 60s. It was a far broader system of power projection that was fueled by the MIC. All you’re doing is parroting PR. Vietnam only served to bolster the defense industry, there is nothing to suggest they ever cared about Communism reaching Saigon in a realistic sense (which it ultimately did). No point in digressing into this anyway as it’s a subject that doesn’t normally need pointing out.
Same with Ukraine, it’s all under the pretense of saving democracy when it’s far more complex than that and is largely fuelled by the armaments machine now that it has gone on this long. The Ukraine will be in debt to the US for generations to come. How can anyone prove the Americans don’t have Ukraine’s best interests at heart? You can’t, but you can look at the evidence that’s directly in front of your face for the ulterior motives. It’s an easy game to play. Plausible deniability is a doctrine that gets far more usage than anything Truman (who was a war criminal by the way) dreamt up.
