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Several of those are in the middle of actual wars.



Syria is in a civil war, with Russia and Iran assisting the Assad government and various other nations including the US having intervened at various points.

South Sudan's civil war ended last year.

Venezuela is not at war but is being embargoed by the US while facing an economic crisis.

I have no idea what Honduras is supposed to be doing except that it's overrun with crime.

Belarus is facing civil unrests and political upheaval.

I'm not sure what you're referring to with your claim of "several" of them being in the middle of "actual wars". The US is in the middle of several actual wars and military actions outside war in foreign territories (mostly drone strikes). The comment you responded to clearly stated:

> No these countries do not conduct terrorist activities or war crimes on foreign soil like the US does.

The US does both of these things. As do several of its allies. We just tend to not to think of these things this way because we're "the good guys". Let's not forget Guantanamo (which despite Obama's promises still exists) and that US prisons routinely use "solitary confinement" which is considered torture by the UN.


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Iran? Last I checked they were trying to destabilize Syria, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen.

Syria? Lebanon comes to mind again

Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan? All of them are involved in "foreign soil" in some way

Egypt and Turkey vis-a-vis Libya (and Cyprus)?

Serbia/Albania vis-a-vis Kosovo

Morocco (Mali, Western Sahara)?

All of them are better than the US?

Not to mention that the behavior of a country "on foreign soil" is often very different than its behavior with its own citizens. That's why this division of good/evil countries often does not make sense.


I think the point here is that US always wages wars far away from their land, so they don’t have to worry about consequences or casualties. For most other countries war is something quite different from the usual business.




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