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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Am I not right in saying though that he was backed by Russia? Weren't they the ones who kept holding out on joining the "Coalition of the Willing" (Jesus!)  and who kept blocking UN resolutions? And didn't they/aren't they now doing the same thing about Assad? All the Arab nations would have been behind Saddam, no? He was an arab leader... |
yea russia and china both were a bit weary of us imperialism in the region, cause they both consider the US a natural rival, which it is. but russia wasn't going to war with the US over iraq, so they weren't the china in your scenario. an out-of-nowhere attack on NK would be a lot more provocative to china than he iraq war was to russia.
russia is basically trying to assert their own dominance over the eurasian continent, and thumbing their nose at US dominance in the process. they are interested in undermining US influence in the region any chance they get. that's what their whole syria shtick was about.