
INTERVIEW: John Mearsheimer—Leading International Relations Scholar—On US Power & the Darkness Ahead for Ukraine | SYSTEM UPDATE #109
System Update with Glenn Greenwald
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The U.S. Military's Power to Fix and Change Complex Countries
In a vacuum in the abstract one might find it convincing that the United States is such a powerful military. We have so many examples from Vietnam Iraq Syria and Libya and Afghanistan where we spent 20 years only to watch the Taliban just waltz right back in like we were never there in the first place, says Peter Bergen. Most American elites find it difficult to comprehend that others don't appreciate the fact that we have found the approved solution they should get along with the program he adds.
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