The United States Is a Massively Powerful and Capable Armed Force, and They're Not Going to Go Back to 19 S Style Isolationism

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The idea of intervention was pretty discredited after irak, and we've seen with the absolute stacus surrounding what to do about syria. But in terms of of using coercion to back up diplomacy, the united states still is massively powerful. They're not going to go back to 19 s style isolationism. And even long established allies like the united kingdom, there've been reports that the prime minister didn't get a chance to talk to byden about this.

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