And the European countries that did get their noses into Iraq (Poland, UK) were mostly doing so to curry favour with the Americans. And the ones who didn't were famously lambasted and attacked (huge anti-French sentiment, "freedom fries", all that garbage.)
1. No they didn't, and that's not controversial. Even the most cursory Google search can dispell you of this notion.
2. "The world is messy" does not excuse countless war crimes. Imagine a lawyer in the Nuremberg trials saying "well sure the defendant sent children to the gas chamber, but your honor, have you considered that the world is a messy place?"
Oh get off it. We all know who pushed for the invasions. We all know who operated the black sites.
And the European countries that did get their noses into Iraq (Poland, UK) were mostly doing so to curry favour with the Americans. And the ones who didn't were famously lambasted and attacked (huge anti-French sentiment, "freedom fries", all that garbage.)
People don’t like the French because they’re jerks to tourists, not because of “freedom fries” nonsense.
France forced the US into Vietnam , the real world is messy.
1. No they didn't, and that's not controversial. Even the most cursory Google search can dispell you of this notion.
2. "The world is messy" does not excuse countless war crimes. Imagine a lawyer in the Nuremberg trials saying "well sure the defendant sent children to the gas chamber, but your honor, have you considered that the world is a messy place?"
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