American Interventionism

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The American left and right seem to have been downgraded to caricatures of themselves, but what both sides have in common is an utter disdain towards even the most benign form of interventionism.

If you were to draw up a list of circumstances in which the American public deems military intervention in relation to Russia appropriate, the undeniable threat that Russia poses to Baltic/Balkanic/Eastern European countries would certainly be towards the bottom of the list.

I am not downplaying the crimes against humanity committed by the US against South American and Middle Eastern states, but a balanced historical perspective sheds light on the fact that America's benign hegemony over the world prevented wars in the Western world over the past 7 decades. Sure, compromises were made, conflicts of interest caused atrocities, but I can't imagine a better world in the absence of the American superpower.

Does the current disinterest of the meme left and the meme right towards any form of political interventionism worry you? Do you think this might be a threat to Western values and peace given the opportunities it creates for Russian influence?