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then and now
A possibly paranoid dictator with a communist background sends his troops to invade and conquer an unthreatening, alas rather corrupt, but indubitably democratic neighbor, without any prior recourse to the International Court of Justice or the International Court of Arbitration. The two states have some linguistic and cultural affinity, and intertwined histories, but no comprehensible motive with any justice in it is given for the attack. A possible partial motive is the dictator’s wish to distract his subjects from his inability to build justice and prosperity; he may also be afraid that a democracy next door could give his own subjects ideas. How does the U.S. (and the “West” in general) react?
1955: largely with indifference, until the U.S., about 8 years after the start of the war, attempts, rather incompetently, to assist the democracy in its defence, when the U.S. is accused of aggression and the dictator’s invasion is justified on various preposterous and contradictory grounds, while the dictator becomes a hero of the demonstrators.
2022: very different. Why?
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and on went, till the activity was pretty done, and the footwear stood equipped to be used upon the desk. this become long before dawn; and then they bustled away as short as lightning.
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