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Word witty but thats all a part of the plan. If nations viewed america strictly as a conquering powerhouse set on controlling other nations to exploit there resources for their own personal gain it wouldnt work

Caesar was not only working in the interest of rome but also appearing to worm in the interest of the downtrodden of the tribes he was fighting so he c I uld levy troops from them exlloit there resources and further empower his own agendas. Im on my phine pooping so excuse fat thumb typos.

Right now american foreign policy works in the same way in largely tribal societies in the middle east. If you look at afghanistan for example the taliban is easily the largest most powerful force in the region so america backs a make believe afghanistan security force they installed made up of the people the taliban stepped on to gain power. Right now they are the auxillary army employed by rome to hold co trol of the region so it can be used by merica. Every now and then they need help from america and america bombs the fuck out of the Place hitting the wrong shit. But hey throughout history civilians die. Romans would put the torch to a whole village if they were supporting the opposition. They would apologise to their "allies" and be like hey we had intel the enemy was there. Our bad.

Its war.

Same shit with isis. We even have another world power involved its alot like spain during the punic wars. Carthage held control of the regions tribes and employed them alongside their troops in the fight of rome. When rome made strides in the region they levied their own spanish to fight carthage

In syria you have russia playing the role of carthage helping the established "king" keep his position while america and the EU are funding and backing rebels to destabilize the region all the while both are pretending to fight a force called isis

My main point is its business as usual. Tou can live your life hoping for peace and happiness but as im sure some ancient dude said with weird ancient grammar peace is had by the sword