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Originally Posted by Brave New World
TBH - these are fairly minor events in terms of overall global colonialism, and the US can't really be singled out in this respect.
It wasn't really until after WW2 that the US really started to dominate global foreign policy, and a lot of this was due to the ability of Russia and later other hostile nations to launch nuclear attack on the US.
Prior to the atomic bombs wars had often been confined to overseas territories and this included World Wars however this had now changed and the US itself was now a target in relation to the new Cold War world and arms race.
By 1949, the Russian has tested their first atomic weapon, and in 1964 the Chinese tested their first nuclear weapon, which was one of the reasons the US was fearful of the growth of Communism in the region, with the Chinese and Russians backing Communist Vietnamese forces. |
I guess my earlier comment about colonialism wasn't just limited to europe but also encompassed the Ottoman empire and other vacuums left post WW2.
I also wouldn't give the brits too much credit for their expertise in arranging things considering they were vital in both the Israel and the lesser known but far more dangerous Punab situation which to this day is a point of possible nuclear exchange.
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