re: What would you have done post-Cold War to prevent endless Middle East intervention?

This won’t be a popular response but we could’ve picked Russia up in 1991 instead of kicking them while they were down. Could’ve been incredible allies with our shared natural resources, we wouldn’t have had to give a flying frick about the oil in the Middle East. China would be boxed in right now by the two biggest militaries.

Now we’re both still doing the Cold War dance bullshite via proxy wars. We’re both constantly entangled in Middle Eastern cluster fricks and China & Russia are becoming closer.