They lost the instant it did not take two weeks.
Now the world sees Russia as another tinpot dictator... erasing thirty years of goodwill.
@hydramacready @amerika @DotardTed Democracy no good? Now no America in Afghanistan. Afghanistan good?
@amerika @hydramacready @DotardTed What would the Japanese and the Koreans (the Republic of Korea) would say to that? 🤔 And the Germans? All of them were occupied by the US after the WWII.
@delei @hydramacready @DotardTed
South Korea remains free today thanks to that "occupation."
I think West Germany was much nicer than East Germany.
MacArthur rebuilt Japan.
I am not fond of democracy or equality, but I think the US did better after WW2 than after WW1.
@amerika @hydramacready @DotardTed Fair enough
American capitalism built the Soviet Union. But hey, Ford and GE are private companies amirite.
@hydramacready @amerika @DotardTed Slave labor did. Ford did trade with the SU in the 20s though, thus supporting the regime, that is true. They could not recognize what they were feeding, but the quick buck was the sweet goal.
@delei @hydramacready @DotardTed
Democracy does not do well with wars of occupation, although almost no one does.