This is why the United States used to not do shit like this

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47. Johnson was dead wrong about Vietnam

and it was his downfall. But he believed in the Domino theory along with a lot of other people at that time. He went into it with the support of qualified advisors and generals. The Gulf of Tonkin speech was a scam and unforgiveable. Nevertheless he attempted to end the war before he left office and Nixon foiled him.

Yes there were unintended consequences for Carter's meddling in Afganistan, even when he was defending an invaded country much as we are doing in Ukraine. I'm less informed than you about the rest of Carter's foreign policy misadventures.

But Trump's imbecility cannot even compare. He has a fantasy that they will just capitulate. This attack is like injecting bleach to cure Covid.

This is fun for him. We're dealing with Caligula here. He has 3 1/2 years to bomb whoever he wants. I think it unlikely Canada, Greenland, and Panama will survive unscathed. And countless others we can't even imagine. Meanwhile, China will take Taiwan, and other despots will follow suit and the US can't say a thing about it.